Poll: Nearly One-Third of Dems Prefer Leaders Who Identify as Democratic SocialistsJoshua Klein 1 Jul 2026
Nearly one-third of Democrats favor political leaders who identify as democratic socialists, according to a new poll, as recent primary victories by self-described democratic socialists have drawn renewed attention to the Democratic Party’s ideological direction.
The Pew Research Center survey comes after democratic socialist candidates scored a series of high-profile Democratic primary victories in recent weeks, including last week’s victories in New York City and Tuesday’s upset of 15-term Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) by Democratic Socialist candidate Melat Kiros in Colorado, highlighting the movement’s recent electoral momentum.
The survey found that 32 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents said they like political leaders who identify as democratic socialists, while 56 percent said they neither like nor dislike such leaders. Just 11 percent said they dislike those leaders.
Americans overall were considerably less receptive, with 38 percent saying they dislike political leaders who identify as democratic socialists, compared with 17 percent who said they like them.
https://twitter.com/pewresearch/status/2072444207646523485The Pew survey was conducted Jan. 20-26 among 8,512 U.S. adults.
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