Democrats far more likely than Republicans to hold positive views of both 'socialism' and 'capitalism'

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June 25, 2019

Stark partisan divisions in Americans’ views of ‘socialism,’ ‘capitalism’

Democrats far more likely than Republicans to hold positive views of both ‘socialism’ and ‘capitalism’

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Democrats far more likely than Republicans to hold positive views of both ‘socialism’ and ‘capitalism’

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Stark partisan divisions in Americans’ views of ‘socialism,’ ‘capitalism’
Half of Democratic women – and fewer than half of Democrats under 30 – express positive views of ‘capitalism’
Most Republicans strongly reject ‘socialism’; Democrats are much more positive, but less vehement
Sizable racial and ethnic, age, gender and income differences in views of ‘socialism’ and ‘capitalism’
Partisans diverge in impressions of ‘progressive,’ ‘liberal,’ ‘conservative’ – but not ‘libertarian’

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