Image: Members of the Democratic Socialists of America gather outside of a Trump owned building on May Day on May 1, 2019 in New York City. Spencer Platt / Getty Images

Chris Walker of Truthout reports: “A new poll focusing on young people’s political views finds that, by a two-to-one margin, they tend to support rather than oppose the idea of democratic socialism.

The CNBC/Generation Lab poll published earlier this week, which focused on the opinions of Americans between the ages of 18-34, asked respondents if they had favorable views of the political and economic system of governance. Only 23 percent of those surveyed said they had an unfavorable view of democratic socialism, while 46 percent said they had a favorable opinion of it.

Souring views of the current capitalist economy may help to explain why this younger group of Americans is more likely to back the idea of democratic socialism than their older cohorts. Asked how they would describe the current state of the U.S. economy, 78 percent said it is either “bad,” “very bad,” or “couldn’t be worse.” Only 17 percent said it was “pretty good,” while a dismal 5 percent said it was “great” or “couldn’t be better.”

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