WASHINGTON — Nearly one third of Democrats say they want to see democratic socialists in office, according to a new poll — as far-left candidates have racked up victories in New York City and Colorado.
A firm 32% of Democrats indicated they like democratic socialist pols, compared to 11% who don’t and 56% who have no strong opinions on them, according to a survey from Pew Research.
Predictably, among self-described liberal Democrats, 52% like politicians who identify as democratic socialists, compared to 4% who dislike them and 43% who don’t have an opinion.
Moderate and conservative Democrats were torn, with 17% inclined to dislike them, compared to 15% who liked them, and 66% with no opinion.
Democratic socialists had the highest support from white, younger, upper-income, and college-educated Democrats — despite their claim of standing against the elites of society and for the working class.
White Democratic support for the socialist wing (40%) is nearly double that of black (21%) and Hispanic (20%).
Forty percent of upper-income Democrats say they like democratic socialists, compared to 34% of middle-income Dems and 24% of low-income Dems.
The left flank of the party has racked up a slew of victories in Democratic primaries over recent weeks, albeit largely in safe blue districts.
Over three dozen Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)-backed candidates have won their primaries so far this year.
This includes a trio of New York congressional Democratic hopefuls backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who won primaries last week, and Melat Kiros’s upset victory in Colorado on Tuesday.
Still, data from Pew Research indicates that the broader American public is skeptical of the DSA.
Overall, 38% of Americans dislike self-described democratic socialist politicians, compared to 15% who like them, while 43% are indifferent, per the poll.
The highest disapproval rate came from Republicans at 69%, though 3% of GOPers claimed to like democratic socialists and 27% were indifferent.
Pew Research sampled 8,512 people between Jan. 20-26 with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 percentage points.
The survey was taken before the explosion of DSA-backed candidates winning their primary races across the country, posing headaches for mainstream Democrats.
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