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Real Talk: Democratic socialism is growing in popularity among young Americans

Denver7 · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 305 words · By Micah Smith
Youth political trends Intra-party Democratic Conflict Democratic Socialism
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DENVER — Half of young Americans, ages 18 to 34 years old, view Democratic Socialism positively, according to a new CNBC Generation Lab Poll.

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What happened

DENVER — Half of young Americans, ages 18 to 34 years old, view Democratic Socialism positively, according to a new CNBC Generation Lab Poll.

Why it matters

CNBC reports the poll received responses from 1,088 Americans earlier this month and 46% held favorable or very favorable views of Democratic Socialism.

Common ground

On an upcoming episode of Real Talk with Micah Smith, progressive Colorado leaders discuss the political ideology and the impact on the Democratic Party.

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Claim 1: “Half of young Americans, ages 18 to 34 years old, view Democratic Socialism positively, according to a new CNBC Generation Lab Poll.”
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The claim that approximately half of young Americans view Democratic Socialism positively is corroborated by the cross-reference to the CNBC Generation Lab poll, which specifies 46% (nearly half) of those aged 18-34 hold favorable views.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Generation Z (or Gen Z), colloquially referred to as "zoomers" in the West, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. Researchers and popular media use the mid-t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Generation_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Millennials, also known as Generation Y or Gen Y, are the demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z. Researchers and popular media use the early 1980s as starting birth year…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Millennials, also known as Generation Y or Gen Y, are the demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z. Unlike their counterparts in most other developed nations, Millennials i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials_in_the_United_Stat…
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Claim 2: “Real Talk with Micah Smith airs Sundays on Denver7 at 5:30pm.”
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A web search result explicitly states that 'Real Talk with Micah Smith airs Sundays at 5:30pm on Denver7'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Among the categories of names for sports teams in the United States and Canada, those referring to Indigenous peoples are lesser in popularity only to the names of various animals. In a list of the to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_secondary_school_sport…
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web search NEUTRAL — On this episode of Real Talk with Micah Smith, we're digging into who is behind it and how much influence it actually has.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/real-talk-micah-smith-episode-1630…
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web search NEUTRAL — Real Talk with Micah Smith airs Sundays at 5:30pm on Denver7, full episodes are available anytime here.
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/colorado-communities…
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Claim 3: “In June, Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros won Colorado’s Congressional District One Democratic primary.”
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Wikipedia and multiple web search results confirm that Melat Kiros, a member of the DSA, won the Democratic primary for Colorado's 1st Congressional District on June 30, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Colorado's 1st congressional district election will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States House of Representatives to represent Colorado's 1st congressional dist…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Colorado's_1st_congressio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections are scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, as part of the 2026 midterm elections during President Donald Trump's second nonconsecu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Re…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Melat Asfawosen Kiros (born 1997) is an American lawyer, graduate student, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, she is the Democratic nominee for …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melat_Kiros
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Claim 4: “Throughout the country, other Democratic socialists have secured democratic primary wins.”
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Multiple independent reports confirm primary wins for Democratic socialists, including Zohran Mamdani in New York and others in state Senate and Assembly races.
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web search NEUTRAL — New York Mayor Mamdani gets major primary wins, expanding democratic socialism in Democratic party. Some analysts and former officials say the expansion of the democratic socialist base is also in res…
https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-900331
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web search NEUTRAL — All seven democratic socialists in the state Senate and Assembly seeking reelection this year are expected to return to the state Capitol in January after the results of Tuesday's elections.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/democratic-soci…
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web search NEUTRAL — The democratic socialists who didn't win. Not all democratic socialists have won this season. Wisconsin state Rep. Francesca Hong was leading the Democratic governor's race in several polls, but narro…
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/…
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Claim 5: “CNBC reports the poll received responses from 1,088 Americans earlier this month and 46% held favorable or very favorable views of Democratic Socialism.”
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The specific details regarding the poll sample size (1,088 Americans) and the exact percentage (46%) are directly confirmed by the CNBC cross-reference evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Party is a liberal political party in the United States, sitting on the center to center-left of the political spectrum. Founded in 1828, it is the world's oldest active political party…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a socialist political organization in the United States, and the largest such organization in US history, with more than 120,000 members as of July 2026. …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Socialism in the United States is a broad movement that has encompassed a wide range of tendencies and theories. As an ideological family, it includes democratic socialism, social democracy, communism…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_in_the_United_States
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Claim 6: “Democratic Socialists of America is not a party; we are political activism organization”
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Multiple authoritative sources, including Wikipedia and the official DSA website, explicitly state that the DSA is a political/activist organization and not a political party, noting it does not have its own ballot line.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a socialist political organization in the United States, and the largest such organization in US history, with more than 120,000 members as of July 2026. …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a nonprofit political organization, and does not have a ballot line like most political parties. DSA members and endorsees usually run as members of the D…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Democratic_Socialists_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) is the youth section of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Founded in 1982 as the Democratic Socialists of America Youth Section, the organiz…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Democratic_Socialists_of…
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