Zohran Mamdani, then-New York City mayoral candidate, and Letitia James, far left, New York's attorney general, carry a banner across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on November 3, 2025. | Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images Socialism is breaking through to the mainstream this year, with surveys showing most Democrats, and plenty of independents, now view the term positively. The shift is being led by young people in particular, who have also helped left-populist candidates win high-stakes primaries this year. A Cato Institute poll from June found that over half of Gen Z are more su...
Gen Z is warming to socialism. But they’re still not sure what it means.
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