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Fifty-three percent of likely U.S.
voters aged 18 to 39 said in a September 2025 Heartland Institute/Rasmussen Reports national survey that they want a Democratic Socialist to win the 2028 presidential election — a figure that held at 51% in a November follow-up poll.
A run of socialist primary victories in New York and Colorado in the same cycle shows that preference is already converting into congressional seats, shifting the Democratic Party's policy center of gravity before the next presidential primary begins.
Primary Scoreboard: New York and Colorado Three candidates backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani — Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, and Darializa Avila Chevalier — won Democratic congressional primaries against establishment-backed opponents.
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