CNN’s Enten: Not Surprising Hochul Backed Mamdani, Dems View Socialism as ‘Great’, Capitalism as ‘Bad’
Enten said, “I’m not really surprised that Kathy Hochul decided to, in fact, endorse Zohran Mamdani, because the fact is, socialism is not a four-letter word in Democratic primaries, not among Democratic voters. It’s a five-letter word in the minds of a lot of Democrats, that five-letter word being, ‘Great.’ Look at this, net popularity of socialism among Democrats, you go back to 2010, it was plus 7 points. Look how high it is now, up like a rocket, up to plus 36 points. That’s a jump of nearly 30 points on the net popularity scale among Democrats in just 15 years. And I was looking at the polling from New York City, and what you see is the clear plurality of New York City Democrats think the idea of having a socialist mayor is a good idea, matching what we see nationally. The bottom line is, socialism isn’t a dirty word among Democrats at this particular point. It’s actually a word that, when attached, Democrats seem to like it.”