On Tuesday’s “CNN News Central,” CNN Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten acknowledged that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) endorsement of New York City mayoral candidate Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) isn’t stunning “as a result of the actual fact is, socialism just isn’t a four-letter phrase in Democratic primaries, not amongst Democratic voters. It’s a five-letter phrase within the minds of plenty of Democrats, that five-letter phrase being, ‘Great.’” While they view capitalism as “Bad.”
Enten stated, “I’m probably not shocked that Kathy Hochul determined to, the truth is, endorse Zohran Mamdani, as a result of the actual fact is, socialism just isn’t a four-letter phrase in Democratic primaries, not amongst Democratic voters. It’s a five-letter phrase within the minds of plenty of Democrats, that five-letter phrase being, ‘Great.’ Look at this, web recognition of socialism amongst Democrats, you return to 2010, it was plus 7 factors. Look how excessive it’s now, up like a rocket, as much as plus 36 factors. That’s a bounce of almost 30 factors on the web recognition scale amongst Democrats in simply 15 years. And I used to be trying on the polling from New York City, and what you see is the clear plurality of New York City Democrats suppose the concept of getting a socialist mayor is a good suggestion, matching what we see nationally. The backside line is, socialism isn’t a unclean phrase amongst Democrats at this explicit level. It’s really a phrase that, when hooked up, Democrats appear to love it.”
He added, “So, if, swiftly, socialism is now a five-letter phrase, nice. What I’d say is, capitalism, within the thoughts of Democrats, is a three-letter phrase, ‘Bad.’ What are we speaking about? Net recognition of [capitalism] amongst Democrats. Look at this pattern, it was plus eight factors in 2010 on the optimistic facet of the ledger. Look at the place we’re in 2025, down, falling by the ground at minus 13 factors. That’s a drop of over 20 factors in simply 15 years. So, we see the precise reverse pattern that we see in socialism, which is up, up, and away. What we see with capitalism is down, down, down by the ground.”
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