[rad-green] Poll Shows Democratic Voters in Texas and California View Socialism More Positively Than Capitalism

*https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/02/absolutely-remarkable-poll-shows-democratic-voters-texas-and-california-view
<https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/02/absolutely-remarkable-poll-shows-democratic-voters-texas-and-california-view>Common
Dreams          March 02, 2020'Absolutely Remarkable': Poll Shows
Democratic Voters in Texas and California View Socialism More Positively
Than Capitalism*


*"Did not see those Texas numbers on socialism coming," tweeted HillTV's
Krystal Ball.by Jake Johnson, staff writer*

*Researcher Kadira Pethiyagoda wrote Monday that Texas voters' relatively
positive view of socialism is "no surprise... for those of us who've long
highlighted the history of economic left-wing politics in rural areas—the
original populism!" (Photo: Molly Adams
<https://flic.kr/p/VX2AxT>/Flickr/cc)*

Likely Democratic presidential primary voters in Texas and California—the
two states with the most pledged delegates to award on Super Tuesday—view
socialism more positively than capitalism, according to a CBS
News/YouGov tracking
poll
<https://www.cbsnews.com/news/super-tuesday-poll-2020-sanders-biden-california-texas-battleground-tracker/>
released
Sunday.

The survey showed 56% of Democratic primary voters in Texas and 57% in
California have a favorable view of socialism. Just 37% of Democratic
voters in Texas and 45% in California have a positive view of capitalism,
the poll found, signaling widespread discontent with the vastly unequal
economic status quo.

"I care more about advancing class struggle and a political program that
can help working people than how an undefined 'socialism' and 'capitalism'
polls, but this is still an absolutely remarkable development," tweeted
<https://twitter.com/sunraysunray/status/1234164226916220929> Bhaskar
Sunkara, publisher of the socialist magazine *Jacobin*.

The same survey showed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a self-identified
democratic socialist, leading the presidential primary field in both Texas
and California, which will award a combined 643 pledged delegates on
Tuesday.

"While Sanders has come under criticism from some opponents because he
identifies as a democratic socialist, majorities of Democratic primary
voters in California and Texas have at least a somewhat favorable view of
socialism, and it is viewed more positively than capitalism," *CBS* reported
<https://www.cbsnews.com/news/super-tuesday-poll-2020-sanders-biden-california-texas-battleground-tracker/>.
"This is related to vote: Sanders' supporters have generally more positive
views of socialism than do Biden's."

Positive view on...#Texas
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>:
Socialism 56 (+19)
Capitalism 37#California
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/California?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
Socialism 57 (+12)
Capitalism 45

CBS News/YouGov poll of Dem voters https://t.co/h1R9fVxP1n
pic.twitter.com/qFKtrSmHTV <https://t.co/qFKtrSmHTV>
— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) March 1, 2020
<https://twitter.com/PpollingNumbers/status/1234144835319353346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

"Did not see those Texas numbers on socialism coming," Krystal Ball, host
of "Rising" on *HillTV*, tweeted
<https://twitter.com/krystalball/status/1234225708609802242> Sunday.

Researcher Kadira Pethiyagoda wrote
<https://twitter.com/KPethiyagoda/status/1234453499859128320> Monday that
Texas voters' relatively positive view of socialism is "no surprise... for
those of us who've long highlighted the history of economic left-wing
politics in rural areas—the original populism!"

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