Rasmussen: Just 53% Say Capitalism Better Than Socialism

[cali]

Just 53% Say Capitalism Better Than Socialism
Thursday, April 09, 2009 Email to a FriendAdvertisementOnly 53% of American adults believe capitalism is better than socialism.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 20% disagree and say socialism is better. Twenty-seven percent (27%) are not sure which is better.

Adults under 30 are essentially evenly divided: 37% prefer capitalism, 33% socialism, and 30% are undecided. Thirty-somethings are a bit more supportive of the free-enterprise approach with 49% for capitalism and 26% for socialism. Adults over 40 strongly favor capitalism, and just 13% of those older Americans believe socialism is better.

Investors by a 5-to-1 margin choose capitalism. As for those who do not invest, 40% say capitalism is better while 25% prefer socialism.

There is a partisan gap as well. Republicans - by an 11-to-1 margin - favor capitalism. Democrats are much more closely divided: Just 39% say capitalism is better while 30% prefer socialism. As for those not affiliated with either major political party, 48% say capitalism is best, and 21% opt
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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/just_53_say_capitalism_better_than_socialism

[Adelante]

1. I never thought I'd live to see this nt

[flor de jasmim]

3. I can't help but wonder what % of them even know what socialism is.

[izquierdista]

5. Not from first hand experience

But they might have a friend who read about it in a book.

[Odin2005]

2. Count me in as one of the 33% of folks under 30 who prefer Socialism.

:woohoo:

[Canuckistanian]

4. Sounds like the propaganda isn't working

Even with 24/7 cable news an RW radio message of "evil socialism bad, capitalism good", people are starting to catch on.

The system is broken and it needs to be REPLACED not just FIXED.