Cato Institute Senior Editor Michael Chapman explained that the poll did not define socialism, leaving it up to the respondents to determine what the term meant.
So kind of meaningless data, since we have no idea how the respondents define it in their head.
You’re right, I did think of that some time after I posted. I’d be curious to know how it compares in that way to past decades, especially at the height of Red Scare propaganda.
I was hoping they got specific, but you’re right:
So kind of meaningless data, since we have no idea how the respondents define it in their head.
Still useful, when they don’t have a kneejerk reaction to the word.
You’re right, I did think of that some time after I posted. I’d be curious to know how it compares in that way to past decades, especially at the height of Red Scare propaganda.