A new Quinnipiac University poll found a majority of Democratic voters now say they consider themselves supporters of the Democratic Socialists of America while the organization remains unpopular with the electorate as a whole.
The survey found that 59% of Democrats identified themselves as DSA supporters, while 30% said they did not and 12% did not offer an opinion.
Across all registered voters, however, the picture was nearly reversed: just 26% said they considered themselves supporters of the Democratic Socialists of America, compared with 66% who said they did not. Another 8% were undecided or did not answer.
View the full results of the new Quinnipiac Poll
Asked whether a candidate identifying as a DSA supporter would affect their vote, 17% of registered voters said it would make them more likely to support the candidate, while 43% said it would make them less likely. Thirty-five percent said it would make no difference. Among Democrats, 39% said the label would make them more likely to support the candidate, 11% said less likely and 43% said it would make no difference.
Quinnipiac asked the same questions about President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement. Thirty-two percent of registered voters identified as MAGA supporters, including 79% of Republicans. Fifty-one percent of voters said a candidate identifying as a MAGA supporter would make them less likely to vote for that person, compared with 18% who said it would make them more likely.
DSA Gains Ground in Democratic Primaries
The new polling comes after several candidates aligned with or endorsed by the DSA won Democratic primaries this year.
In Colorado, Melat Kiros defeated longtime Rep. Diana DeGette. In New York, Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated Rep. Adriano Espaillat, while Claire Valdez won the Democratic primary for the seat being vacated by Rep. Nydia Velázquez. Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb also won his Democratic House primary, and DSA-backed Donavan McKinney defeated Rep. Shri Thanedar in Michigan.
Those victories have heightened attention on the organization’s influence inside the Democratic coalition.
DSA Calls for New Constitution, Abolition of Senate
In its 2026 “Workers Deserve More” platform, the Democratic Socialists of America explicitly calls for replacing major parts of the existing American political and economic system.
Read the official platform of the Democratic Socialists of America in full
“We are workers fighting to transform society: to win the battle for democracy, draft a new constitution, and create a democratic socialist republic,” the platform states.
The program calls for public ownership of major corporations and essential industries, aggressive wealth taxes, universal health care, universal rent control, publicly owned housing, a federal jobs guarantee and the eventual elimination of fossil fuels.
On criminal justice, it advocates steps “towards fully abolishing the police and prison system.” On immigration, it calls for abolishing ICE, granting amnesty to illegal immigrants and ending visa caps and quotas.
Its proposed political reforms go further still.
The DSA calls for abolishing the Electoral College and Senate, replacing the two-party system with a multiparty system, expanding the House, instituting proportional representation and ranked-choice voting nationwide, and replacing the presidency and Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary “chosen by and subordinate to Congress.”
The group also calls for ending American military aid to Israel, closing overseas military bases and ending economic sanctions against countries like Cuba, Venezuela and Iran.
Quinnipiac conducted the survey from Sept. 3 through Sept. 6 among 970 self-identified registered voters across the contiguous United States. The overall margin of sampling error was plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.
