11-03-2017, 12:01 PM
(11-03-2017, 11:54 AM)Johnny Cupcakes Wrote: I imagine that if you dropped the word "socialism" from the title here, this number would go down drastically. While support for socialism is strong, support for communism is much, much smaller.
Part of the problem is, honestly, revealed in another YouGov poll from last year.
![[Image: socialism1.png]](https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/inlineimage/2016-04-29/socialism1.png)
When you have the majority not understanding what socialism actually is, it will create a skewed opinion of it.
The other two charts on the page show the age breakdown from the survey last year. Definitely shows similar results, which isn't surprising.