The Democratic Party’s Left Turn Just Hit Another Gear

Adult Democrats Three Times More Likely to Want Their Party to Move Left as Right

Three times as many adult Democrats want their party to move further to the left than want it to move to the right, results of a new national survey by The Economist/YouGov reveal. The survey, which was conducted June 19-22 as so-called Democratic Socialists, such as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, continued to gain media attention, asked U.S. adult citizens (18+) the following question: “Would you like the Democratic Party to move to the le…

The Democratic Party’s Left Turn Just Hit Another Gear

Democratic voters prefer members of the Democratic Socialists of America to congressional Democrats, according to a new poll from MU Law. Democratic socialist candidates had a net favorability of +17, while Democrats in Congress only had a net favorability of +4 among those polled. The Democratic Socialists of America’s radicalism is on full display in its recently released platform, which calls for the total abolition of police and prisons, nat…