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Poll Shows U.S. Voters Give Free-Market Economy Highest Favorability but Rate Democratic Party Above Republican Party
Echelon Insights released results from a poll conducted last week showing net positive ratings for free-market economy and capitalism. Communism recorded the lowest favorability among listed ideologies and groups.
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A poll conducted last week by Echelon Insights found that 53 percent of respondents viewed a free-market economy favorably while 12 percent viewed it unfavorably. Capitalism received 49 percent favorable and 29 percent unfavorable ratings. Social democracy posted 36 percent favorable and 31 percent unfavorable.
The Democratic Party recorded 43 percent favorable and 52 percent unfavorable ratings. The Republican Party stood at 40 percent favorable and 56 percent unfavorable.
Donald Trump stood at 38 percent favorable and 61 percent unfavorable.
Echelon Insights received an A- rating from Nate Silver in January 2026.
The firm reported an average polling error of roughly 2 percentage points during the 2024 election cycle. A former Bill Clinton adviser wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed last week calling for investigations into the Democratic Socialists of America for possible foreign influence. The group has stated that it is a partner of the sanctioned ICAP.
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