Socialism is becoming mainstream in the Democratic Party, according to a new survey funded by socialists. Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Fund paid for a survey conducted by Data for Progress, which shows that a majority of Democrats prefer socialism over capitalism and back far-left candidates like Zohran Mamdani and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “What the mainstream of the party wants is both democratic socialism as a value system and democratic socialist politicians,” claimed Gabe Tobias, executive director of the Democratic Socialists of America Fund, which is the political education arm of Democratic Socialists of America. The survey found that more than half (53 percent) of likely Democrat voters prefer socialists like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Rep. Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Democrat New York mayoral candidate Mamdani, while 33 percent back establishment Democrats like Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), according to the report. 14 percent did not choose either option.
