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What a depressing poll.
The Heartland Institute’s poll, done in conjunction with Rasmussen Reports, shows us a couple of things we wish we could unsee.
First, that a third of Democrats want the US to lose its trade war with China, and another third aren’t sure whether they want the US or China to win.
Only 30% want a better deal for America, because an American victory would be good for Trump.
Perhaps worse–no, definitely worse–is that 37% of voters aged 18-29 have a favorable impression of communism, and 50% of these voters would like to see a Democratic Socialist be the next president.
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: Democrats Hope China Beats America in Trade War, Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Socialism https://t.co/pUNVGSgmKU— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) May 14, 2025
To be fair–and let’s face it, I am disinclined to be fair to Democrats–wanting Donald Trump to fail is pretty much what you would expect from any set of partisans, and that only a third of them so hate Trump that they actually want our country to suffer for the pleasure of seeing it. And given that globalism is the brand, so to speak, of the elite wing of the Democrat Party, this number actually doesn’t shock me.
I’m pretty sure that more than a few Republicans would have been happy to see Biden fall on his face at times if it meant kicking Democrats out of office.
