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News Analysis: Why Are So Many Americans Voting for Socialists? by Dan Hart – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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"The Goal of Socialism is Communism. ~Vladimir Lenin"

By Dan Hart, The Washington Stand, July 1, 2026

Dan Hart is senior editor at The Washington Stand.

In the wake of a series of electoral and primary victories in deep blue cities by politicians who profess to be socialist, many are wondering how voters in the country with the foremost free enterprise economy in the world are voting for political candidates who espouse anti-capitalist wealth redistribution policies that have a track record of deepening corruption and spreading poverty.

Earlier this month, Washington, D.C. city councilmember and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member Janeese Lewis George easily defeated Democrat Kenyan McDuffie in the mayoral primary, virtually assuring her victory as D.C. mayor in November. This followed fellow DSA member Nithya Raman’s victory in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, who will face incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in a runoff in November. …

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