1 in 5 Americans say communism a major threat to US, bombshell poll finds

Red-Dem-ption.Just 1 in 5 Americans believe communism poses a “major threat” in the US, a bombshell new poll has found.And as the 2028 Presidential Election approaches, a significant number of voters see two of the most high-profile potential Democratic candidates as “socialists.”Two-thirds (66%) of Americans believe communists pose at least some threat to the nation, according to a poll published Tuesday by the Economist and YouGov.Some 18% see communists as a major threat, 25% see them as a moderate threat, and 23% see them as a minor threat.There were stark differences of opinion between liberal and conservative Americans on the danger of communism.Among those who self-described as very liberal or liberal, 79% and 52% respectively said that communists were not a threat.In contrast, 26% of conservatives and 52% of the very conservative said communists represent a major threat in America today.The survey also asked Americans to rank politicians based on whether they thought they were socialist.One in 5 (20%) would classify Gavin Newsom as a socialist and more than a quarter (27%) would classify Kamala Harris as a socialist.New York’s Mayor Zohran Mamdani was viewed as a socialist by 51% of the adult population, just shy of the 55% who think the same of veteran Vermont Senator and would-be presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.Almost half (45%) of those surveyed said they believed New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a socialist.Elizabeth Warren finished out the list, with 25% of Americans believing the Massachusetts Senator to be a socialist.Of the other prominent Democrats listed in the survey, all of them are considered socialist by at least one in five voters.Almost a quarter (23%) view former President Joe Biden as a socialist, just slightly less than the 27% who think so of his former boss, President Barack Obama.Those with different political views also had different verdicts on how left-wing leading Democrats were.For instance, onl...