Toplines - Heartland May Socialism
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Survey of 1,067 US
Likely Voters
Conducted April 30 - May 4, 2025 by Rasmussen Reports
and the Heartland Institute
1.
2024 Vote
45% Harris
46% Trump
4% Other
4% Didn't vote
1% Not sure
2.
Trump Approval
26% Strongly support
21% Somewhat support
10% Somewhat oppose
40% Strongly oppose
2% Not sure
3.
Which of the following do you think is better?
A free-market economic system, or socialism?
71% Free market
economic system
12% Socialism
17% Not sure
4.
Do you have a very favorable, somewhat
favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of communism?
7% Very favorable
11% Somewhat favorable
16% Somewhat
unfavorable
57% Very unfavorable
8% Not sure
5.
The next presidential election is in 2028.
Would you like to see a democratic socialist candidate win the next
presidential election?
31% Yes
46% No
24% Not sure
Answered by 699
respondents who are likely to vote in the Democratic Primary:
6.
How likely are you to vote in the 2028
Democratic Primary, where state elections are held to determine who should be
the Democrat candidate for President?
52% Very likely
13% Somewhat likely
9% Not very likely
18% Not at all likely
7% Not sure
7.
If the Democratic Party's presidential
primaries were held today, and the candidates were Kamala Harris,
Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, and Gavin Newsom, who would you vote
for?
32% Harris
9% Cortez
18% Sanders
10% Newsom
12% Some
other candidate
9% Wouldn't vote
10% Not sure
8.
If the 2028 presidential election were held
today, and the candidates were J.D. Vance and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who
would you vote for?
36% Vance
33% Cortez
15% Some other
candidate
5% Wouldn't vote
11% Not sure
9.
If the 2028 presidential election were held
today, and the candidates were J.D. Vance and Bernie Sanders, who would you
vote for?
36% Vance
40% Sanders
11% Some other
candidate
4% Wouldn't vote
8% Not sure
10. The Trump
administration is currently in the midst of a
"trade war" with China, with each side imposing tariffs on the other.
Who do you hope wins the tariff war?
18% China
57% Trump
Administration
25% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage
points with a 95% level of confidence
