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In reply to the discussion: The Word "Socialism" Is Toxic in This Country [View all]Gothmog
(145,666 posts)99. Washington Post-Sanders wants Americans to buy into socialism. He's got some convincing to do
I do not think that the Democratic Party can win with a socialist on the ticket
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Its a risky move, not least because he has some convincing to do among his 2020 Democratic field and the whole country. Should the Democratic Party embrace socialism? is at the heart of its debate about what kind of candidate can beat President Trump.
Lets start with the whole country. Less than half of Americans say theyd vote for a socialist for president. More say theyd vote for an atheist or Muslim, according to a Gallup survey in May. Thats the same as 2015 when Sanders first launched his presidency, despite his efforts during that campaign to warm Americans up to socialism. A Monmouth University survey in April finds 57 percent of Americans think socialism is not compatible with American values.....
If were not careful, were going to end up reelecting the worst president in American history, said former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper. (He got booed by a gathering of Democrats in San Francisco for saying that.) Its also notable that the most vocal proponents of dropping socialism from the campaign trail are at the bottom of the polls right now....
Republicans are downright giddy about all this. Whats a scarier term to the American public than socialist? And with one of the leaders in the Democratic Party embracing it, their pitch to voters that Democrats want to radically change the country to something unrecognizable just got a lot easier.
Lets start with the whole country. Less than half of Americans say theyd vote for a socialist for president. More say theyd vote for an atheist or Muslim, according to a Gallup survey in May. Thats the same as 2015 when Sanders first launched his presidency, despite his efforts during that campaign to warm Americans up to socialism. A Monmouth University survey in April finds 57 percent of Americans think socialism is not compatible with American values.....
If were not careful, were going to end up reelecting the worst president in American history, said former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper. (He got booed by a gathering of Democrats in San Francisco for saying that.) Its also notable that the most vocal proponents of dropping socialism from the campaign trail are at the bottom of the polls right now....
Republicans are downright giddy about all this. Whats a scarier term to the American public than socialist? And with one of the leaders in the Democratic Party embracing it, their pitch to voters that Democrats want to radically change the country to something unrecognizable just got a lot easier.
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Depends on how you define the term "Democratic Socialist" but the Nordic model seems successful.
TomSlick
Mar 2019
#27
Repubs have convinced the masses of ignorant Americans that socialism and communism are the same.
LonePirate
Mar 2019
#6
No re-branding or re-framing of socialism can redeem this failed ideology.
CrossingTheRubicon
Mar 2019
#11
Socialism is antagonistic to Democracy, Justice, and Prosperity for All.
CrossingTheRubicon
Mar 2019
#17
Socialism is evil and the Democrats must launch a media-offensive to explain the difference.
DetlefK
Mar 2019
#12
Nah. We can not undue the horrible reality of what socialist states have done...
CrossingTheRubicon
Mar 2019
#18
That 1981 interview with Phil Donahue video will be devasting to the Democratic Party...
Kahuna7
Apr 2019
#71
You cannot get the Democratic nomination without the support of African American voters
Gothmog
Mar 2019
#43
In 1984, I worked for months on Mondale's campaign...secure in the knowledge that he would lose.
brooklynite
Apr 2019
#96
Washington Post-Sanders wants Americans to buy into socialism. He's got some convincing to do
Gothmog
Jun 2019
#99