A new poll from CNN finds that a third of Democrats identify as Democratic Socialists as the radical Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) wing completely takes over the Democratic Party.
DSA candidates are becoming mainstream this election cycle and taking the party by storm with their radical plans to completely overhaul the US Constitution.
Last week, Fox’s Shannon Bream went through the DSA’s Workers Deserve More Platform with Megan Romer, National Co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America.
“Just give me sort of a true or false on these,” Bream said before listing the radical policies, including abolishing the Senate, replacing the President and Supreme Court with Congressionally appointed leaders, abolishing ICE, abolishing borders and granting mass amnesty, defunding the Pentagon, abolishing prisons, and government ownership of business.
Romer confirmed that all of the policies are part of their plan.
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34% of Democrats polled say they support these ideas. The DSA wing of the party is mostly made up of younger White voters who are more likely to vote in the upcoming elections.
Per CNN:
Who makes up the democratic socialist wing of the Democratic Party’s base? According to CNN’s poll, Democratic-aligned Americans who identify as democratic socialists:
• Tend to be younger (59% are younger than 45, compared to 46% of non-democratic socialists aligned with the Democratic Party) and are more likely to be White (57% to 49%)
• Are less likely to have a college degree (66% to 54%) and more likely to earn less than $100,000 a year (76% to 65%)
• Are more likely to say they are extremely motivated to vote this year (66% of those who are registered voters say so, compared to 57% for non-democratic socialists), though both groups overwhelmingly support Democratic congressional candidates (99% of democratic socialists and 94% of non-democratic socialists)
• Are more positive toward the Democratic Party. They are more likely to hold favorable views of the Democratic Party (68% to 60%) and its congressional leaders, and more likely to have negative views of the Republican Party and its congressional leaders
Democrat Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was asked about the DSA’s growing influence in the party and its plans to abolish the Senate last week, but he was unable to muster an answer.
Completely avoiding the question, Schumer, whose popularity is rapidly diminishing, awkwardly said that the Democrats were united in “working to defeat Trump.”
WATCH: Schumer Awkwardly Dodges Question About DSA’s Plan to Abolish Senate
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