The following is from Rasmussen Reports.
More than one-quarter of likely US voters now say socialism is a better system than capitalism, according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey.
Twenty-seven percent (27%) say socialism is a better system than capitalism, up from 25% in March. Forty-seven percent (47%) say capitalism is the better system, while 14% are not sure. Rasmussen also notes that support for capitalism has declined by 20 percentage points since February 2023, when 67% favored capitalism over socialism.
Views differ sharply by party. Seventy percent (70%) of Republicans say capitalism is the better system, compared to 32% of Democrats. Forty percent (40%) of Democrats say socialism is the better system. Among voters not affiliated with either major party, 47% favor capitalism, 25% favor socialism and 28% are not sure.
The survey also found that 32% say they would vote for a candidate who supports socialism, while 45% say they would not and 22% are not sure.
Most voters continue to view the US economy as at least somewhat capitalist. Thirty-six percent (36%) describe it as a generally free-market economy, while another 32% say it is partially free market. Eleven percent (11%) say the economy is partially socialist, 7% say it is generally socialist, and 13% are not sure.
The survey of 1,141 likely US voters was conducted June 29-July 1, 2026. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
To view survey question wording, click here.
The fault lies in our Department of Education. Single Party unity from grade school through universities run by and hiring like-minded socialists/communists. The media is more than complicit, but they have been through the university indoctrination.
The only people who vote for Socialists or Communists, are those who think that THEY will be part of the ruling elite under those systems, OR the gullible, idiotic, lazy leeches who want to sponge off others’ hard work. They don’t realize that those systems go against human nature, disincentivizing work. After all, who wants to have THEIR work reward the leeches? [rhetorical]