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according to Poll54% of Americans maintain a positive view of capitalism in 2025, down from 60% in 2021. By comparison, the love for socialism remains stable at 39%.
Despite the decline in support from capitalism, it is still viewed more positively than socialism, with about 57% of Americans expressing negative views on the latter.
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Both Democrats and independents’ favorable views on capitalism have dropped by 8 points since 2021. For the first time, less than half (42%) of Democrats look at capitalism positively, and only a slim independent (51%) can get it.
American support for capitalism fell to 54% in 2025, a new Gallup poll showed. (Fox News figures)
Republicans’ perceptions of capitalism remain relatively unchanged, with three-quarters maintaining a positive view of the system.
Since 2010, the benefits of socialism for Democrats have risen to about two-thirds from 50% in 2025, while views of Republicans and independents generally remain stable.
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As Gallup notes, “Democrats are the only partisan group of the three that consider socialism more positively than capitalism – 66% to 42% respectively. Independents are more important than prosocialism (51% vs. 38%), while Republicans are numerous (74% vs. 14%).”
Americans’ perceptions of big businesses have also worsened as capitalism has fallen. Currently only 37% have a favorable perspective, while 62% have a bad perspective.
In recent years, perceptions of big businesses have dropped sharply, including a 9-point drop this year and a 6-point drop in 2021. The positive view of Americans reached 58% in 2012 and has been declining every year since then, and scored two points before returning to the slideshow unless in 2019.
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Although Gallup notes that Americans generally continue to be skeptical of socialism, socialism has been viewed more positively since 2016 than capitalism. Pollers associate growth in Democratic socialist preferences with this growth Democratic officials Those who support the economic system.
“The more positive view of Democrats on socialism occurs when many high-profile democratic officials (most notably Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexander Ocasio Cortez) and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Democratic socialists It also advocates policies and requires the significant expansion of the role of government in economic affairs. ” Gallup reported.
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