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Re: Little Change in Public's Response to 'Capitalism,' 'Socialism'

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Clo,

The ironic thing is that most truly progressive politicians and advocates, when you look carefully at their ideas and proposals with respect to our nation's problems, tend to lean toward what can only be described as 'socialistic' solutions.

But then I just heard some Republican pundit claim that perhaps the party should start to cut back on using the term 'Conservative', replacing it with 'Progressive' instead as that label has been getting better marks in focus groups in terms of giving people a 'positive' impression.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism




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Little Change in Public's Response to 'Capitalism,' 'Socialism'
By: clo in FFFT
Sat, 31 Dec 11 4:07 AM 		Msg. 37650 of 65535

Little Change in Public's Response to 'Capitalism,' 'Socialism'

A Political Rhetoric Test

December 28, 2011

The recent Occupy Wall Street protests have focused public attention on what organizers see as the excesses of America's free market system, but perceptions of capitalism -- and even of socialism -- have changed little since early 2010 despite the recent tumult.

The American public's take on capitalism remains mixed, with just slightly more saying they have a positive (50%) than a negative (40%) reaction to the term. That's largely unchanged from a 52% to 37% balance of opinion in April 2010.

Socialism is a negative for most Americans, but certainly not all. Six-in-ten (60%) say they have a negative reaction to the word; 31% have a positive reaction. Those numbers are little changed from when the question was last asked in April 2010.

Look which catgery scores highest!

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Read the full report for more details on the survey as well as public perceptions about "Libertarian," "Liberal" and "Conservative."

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2159/socialism-capitalism-occupy-wall-street-libertarian-liberal-conservative

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