Posted on 02/11/2020 5:12:28 AM PST by karpov
A majority of Americans surveyed in a new poll said they would not vote for a socialist candidate for president, with the most opposition coming from Republican voters.
Asked whether they would vote for their party nominee who was a “generally well-qualified person for president who happened to be socialist,” just 45 percent said yes and 53 percent said no, according to the Gallup poll released Tuesday.
The acceptance for a socialist nominee, is 2 percentage points lower in the recent poll than when Gallup asked the same question in June 2015.
Democrats are much more likely to say they would vote for a socialist, based on the new poll. Gallup found that 76 percent of Democrats said they would vote for a socialist, whereas just 17 percent of Republicans and 45 percent of independents said the same.
The situation could play out in the November elections, with President Trump and his allies already slamming the Democrats as socialists. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a leading candidate in the race, has also openly described himself as a Democratic Socialist.
The term Democratic Socialist does not appear to have been polled by Gallup in its survey.
One of Sanders’s top opponents, former Vice President Joe Biden, has said that having the Vermont senator on the top of the ticket could create a battle for down-ballot candidates in moderate races.
Gallup also surveyed Americans on their willingness to vote for candidates with other diverse characteristics, several of which are identifying factors for some of this year’s Democratic presidential candidates.
Gallup found that 93 percent of surveyed Americans said they would vote for a woman, a 1-point increase since 2015 when Hillary Clinton was on her way to becoming the first woman presidential nominee from a major party.
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“just 45 percent said yes and 53 percent said no, according to the Gallup poll released Tuesday”
Not a very big majority-just 8 points. When I think of majority is 88% to 12%. Scary that we are only 8 points away from 1.2 country wanting socialist.
There are two Americas.
Surrendering our educational system to the Progressives without a shot is the biggest mistake we ever made. I’m honestly not sure what we can do about it at this point.
How does on “happen to be a socialist?” It’s not an accident of birth. The poll seems deliberately intended to soften the meaning for the sheep. Still, it’s good to know most aren’t willing to pull the lever for a socialist - although 45% is too high, and who in the hell are the 17% of “Republicans” who think it’s a cool idea? They must be from the Bill Kristol/Jonah Goldberg/George Will of the Faux Republican party. Sure as hell no Pubbies I know
The problem is, because of dumbing down in the schools and dishonesty in the media, Most people don’t know what a socialist is. Only Bernie is honest enough to say what he is. The rest are progressives or some other such terms which means socialist.
No, no way. You need to read that TIME Mag article from May of 2019 before Butt and Lez Smith locked Queen Fauntleroy up in the attic:
"I want a meal, and he’s like, ‘We’ll just have a handful of nuts.’” Also, Chasten tells his husband, “You do chew really loudly.”If someone interviewed Chasten for 15 minutes right now TODAY, and excerpted the resulting viral video out to the interwebs, there would be nothing left of Pete but Lis Smith's f@g-h@g, shit-covered, cowboy boot prints on Pete's forehead as she r u n n o f t to embrace Doomberg."Chasten handles the dogs, the shopping, the cooking...Chasten hates taking the bin out to the curb. Pete hates the way Chasten folds T-shirts. Chasten gets grumpy when they go too long without food. “You’re like, ‘Oh, here, I packed a bag of almonds and a thing of beef jerky,’” Chasten says. “I hate nuts, and he eats nuts all the time.”
"Buttigieg is musing about redeeming American credibility abroad and sipping from his coffee mug emblazoned with JFK’s face, when his husband plops onto the living-room couch, picks up the blanket next to him and throws it on the floor in mock disgust. “Do we have to have this hideous blanket?” he says. The blanket is full of dog hair. “Can we put our nice blanket there?”
Excellent questions for Bernie supporters
Besides his overt socialism, Bernie has no chance of being elected because of his horrible, irritating way of talking. His Yankee, elitist accent grates on people’s nerves.
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Somehow the Republicans need to do what they can to educate people on the evils of Socialism.
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Methinks they should walk the walk 1st, no, before attempting to ‘educate’ anyone of the “evils of Socialism” given: NCLB, $1T+ deficits, Common Core, largest expanse of MediXYZ in history, funding NPR/PP/NEA+, creating the TSA\DHS & the Rights violating NSA & running on ‘repeal and REPLACE’ (’cuz they believe THEY can run h’care better than the (D))+...
That explains a lot about why Buttigieg is a homosexual.
Perhaps that is because the US Constitution guarantees to every state a republican government. A republican state is not a socialist state.
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