Democrats who embrace the socialist label are not confined to Pennsylvania.
Democrats' embrace of socialism, even with adjective qualifiers attached, is driven by the success of Sen. Bernie Sanders, who sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 and won many states.
Sanders has long embraced the socialist label, and many of his colleagues now join him in calling for things like government-run health care.
Will Democrats who embrace the socialist label have appeal outside party primaries? One clue comes from a 2016 study by Vox and polling firm Morning Consult that asked Sanders' supporters how much they were willing to pay in taxes to enact his "Free" health care-and-college proposals.
More than half were not willing to pay more than $1,000 annually for his health care plan or $1,500 for his college plan - or less than what most people currently pay to receive employee-sponsored health care.
In other words, even Democratic voters like socialism more in theory than in practice.
It's reasonable to think mainstream voters will continue to take an even dimmer view.
https://newsok.com/article/5594992/democrats-moving-even-further-to-the-left
Democrats' embrace of socialism, even with adjective qualifiers attached, is driven by the success of Sen. Bernie Sanders, who sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 and won many states.
Sanders has long embraced the socialist label, and many of his colleagues now join him in calling for things like government-run health care.
Will Democrats who embrace the socialist label have appeal outside party primaries? One clue comes from a 2016 study by Vox and polling firm Morning Consult that asked Sanders' supporters how much they were willing to pay in taxes to enact his "Free" health care-and-college proposals.
More than half were not willing to pay more than $1,000 annually for his health care plan or $1,500 for his college plan - or less than what most people currently pay to receive employee-sponsored health care.
In other words, even Democratic voters like socialism more in theory than in practice.
It's reasonable to think mainstream voters will continue to take an even dimmer view.
https://newsok.com/article/5594992/democrats-moving-even-further-to-the-left
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