2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Can Bernie supporters comprehend why someone would prefer Hillary over Bernie? [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)I would suspect that it would be even worse than "socialist". And yet, it was "communist" money from dictator Joseph Stalin that helped create the Koch Brothers empire from Fred Koch's relationship with Joseph Stalin in earlier days that funds most Repubilcans' campaigns, and also has supported the DLC wing of the Democratic Party too, through the Koch Brothers' early participation in helping create the DLC.
Why isn't that brought up? Because it isn't constructive dealing with issues, and is similarly calling people names, which isn't useful in trying to break down the ISSUES of what people want dealt with by who they are voting in to office.
If communist as a label were put in this poll, it would show even more extreme reaction, but the pollmeister's goals are clear and that is to demonize the label of "socialism" to help strategically win out against people that are ultimately working for most Americans' welfare and not just those of the wealthy elite.