Posted on 07/15/2026 6:07:52 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Finding out that, by a 3-to-2 margin, Americans think the country is “evolving into a big government socialist state” is bad enough. Far more worrisome is finding out how many Republicans and self-styled conservatives are on board with one of socialism’s central tenets.
The latest IBD/TIPP Poll, which we are reporting on today, finds that nearly half of Americans agree that we’re sliding into socialism, and less than a third disagree. (See: “By 3-To-2 Margin, Americans Believe U.S. Is Turning Into A ‘Socialist State’: I&I/TIPP Poll.”)
It also finds that Republicans are more pessimistic about the future than Democrats, which strikes us as defeatism on the part of the GOP and willful ignorance by Democrats, whose party is now controlled by the Democratic Socialists of America.
The really disturbing findings in the poll were when we started asking about policy positions endorsed by the DSA.
We’re not too surprised that 51% of liberals say they’re “willing to pay higher taxes to support more social programs.” (Although the number should be 100%.)
But why do 30% of Republicans feel this way? And why in the world would more than one in five “conservatives” say they’d pay higher taxes for more services?
It gets worse.
The poll also asked whether respondents “believe the government should own key industries such as health care and energy.”
Incredibly, 43% of Republicans agree, as do 41% of conservatives. That’s barely higher than the share of liberals who want government ownership of key industries. (See the chart above.)
What in God’s name is going on here?
Does this reflect the rise of “nationalist” conservatives, who distrust the private sector and like big government almost as much as liberals? (Vice President JD Vance, who has described himself as “postliberal” conservative, was last seen bashing Milton Friedman in an interview that our friend Steve Moore described as “anti-free-market, big government gobbledygook.”)
Is it the result of President Donald Trump’s push to have the government buy up shares in companies? The New York Times reported this week that “over the past year, the Trump administration has made deals to acquire equity stakes in more than two dozen firms, an unusual practice that has extended the government’s influence over industries including semiconductors, nuclear energy, minerals, quantum computers and steel.”
Is it something in the water?
The only good news we can find in this poll is that your average Democrat isn’t at all on board with the socialists taking control of their party, which will become clear when we report on support for other DSA policy positions next week.
But what hope is there for the country if Republicans – and even more alarmingly, conservatives – have bought into a major plank in the socialist agenda?
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How sad that this many Republicans and Conservatives responded this way.
Well, it’s on the interwebs, must be true.
Entitlement and envy have spread throughout the country. Tax the rich resonates with the public. We are double timing our way to communism. The lessons of the past are irrelevant to modern Americans.
This was an I&I/TIPP Poll. It was this organization’s (who wrote the article) own poll.
Once socialism is voted in, the only possible outcomes are to shoot your way out, or to sink into deep poverty and endless misery. Even the elites, under that system, do not live all that well. They are utterly dependent on a large coterie of armed and ruthless Praetorian guards, any of which may choose a little self-advancement by holding the inner circle hostage or even by “liquidation”.
No honor and no accountability.
Wonder what planet this poll is from?
You’d think the massive fraud that’s being revealed, the NGOs, the national debt would be enough to convince everyone that limited government is the best way.
This is crazy - I have to think the indoctrination in the schools is a major factor. The communists are relentless.
The Neo-cons have always been ‘New Deal’ Socialists.
More Democrat though. White Supremacy and the DSA Walk Hand in Hand. https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/white-supremacy-and-the-dsa-walk
Fighting socialist tendencies is a constant battle. The leftists have an ideal racket: buy votes with taxpayer money. “Hey, you want this free program? Vote for me.”
Which socialist program has the gop-e ever stopped funding or eradicated?
Fake poll with fake results.
The fundamental issue (if there is any kernel of truth in this suspect poll) is that there may be (and probably are) people either intentionally or unintentionally defining them as conservatives...when they simply are not.
If one believes that government should control of some function or industry that is not explicitly delineated in the Constitution, you cannot be a conservative.
It really is that simple, IMO.
Let's be honest here ... Donald Trump owes his rise on the U.S. political scene to a growing body of conservatives who have come to detest everything the Republican Party has stood for over the last 30+ years.
Unfortunately there are many self proclaimed conservatives that want to conserve leftist victories.
I generally look at republicans as national communists and the democrats as international communists.
It’s the new trend and a very dangerous one
You’d think the massive fraud that’s being revealed, the NGOs, the national debt would be enough to convince everyone that limited government is the best way.
This is crazy - I have to think the indoctrination in the schools is a major factor. The communists are relentless.>>>> you haven’t seen any legislation (recission packages) cutting the funding and or creation of any of it have you? This poll explains why.
Yester year’s Repubs are now Dimrats.
Yester year’s Dimrats are now Bolshevik communists.
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