A majority of American voters who identify as Republican or independent wouldn’t vote for a socialist president, even if he or she was “generally well-qualified,” a recent Gallup poll found. More than 3 in 4 Democrats, on the other hand, would cast their ballot for a socialist.
“Between now and the 2020 political conventions, there will be discussion about the qualifications of presidential candidates—their education, age, religion, race, and so on. If your party nominated a generally well-qualified person for president who happened to be a socialist, would you vote for that person?” the pollster asked.
