I doubt 10% of Americans could define socialism as something other than "just like communism! Commie Bastards!"
If your number IS even close to being true. It makes it that much more troubling to me, that 61% of democrats view socialism as favorable.
Socialism is such a broad vague far reaching term that it's very likely that almost every American has a favorable view of some aspect or aspects of socialism.
Perhaps, but that would depend on how socialism is defined.
Leftists tend to want socialism to be the factor in any services or functions provided by government. When it is defined that way, of course the kool-ade drinkers, un-politically-savvy types, and the genuinely ideologically socialists will think that part of socialism is okay.
Conservatives rarely define socialism that way, but look at socialism as government control of the means of production and forced distribution of wealth. Conservatives do not see the original social contract embodied in the U.S. Constitution as any form of socialism though it does allow for necessary government provision of some basic services. When socialism is defined that way, I think you'll find the vast majority of Americans rejecting it.
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