My mom passed away in 2021. But if she were alive today, she would tell you that the last Democrat she voted for was John F. Kennedy. Today's incarnation of the Democrat Party is a far cry from the days of JFK, when he intoned in his inaugural address, "Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country." And while Democrats might deny it all they want, a new poll shows we have been right about them all along.
The Elon University/YouGov America 250 National Survey polled 1,000 U.S. adults between April 30 and May 4. What they found will no doubt make most Republicans and conservatives yawn because they already knew it. Of those polled, 55 percent of Democrats answered "yes" to the question “Is there any other country on Earth you would rather live in than the United States today?” Rounding out the numbers, 38 percent of Independents said yes, and 10 percent of Republicans.
The new poll reflects the results of a September 2025 Gallup poll, which showed that Democrats were the only partisan group that viewed socialism more favorably than capitalism. The poll stated:
Unsurprisingly, the survey found that socialism is largely toxic to Republicans and many independents, explaining why far-left Democrats have had more success in places like New York City but have struggled in red and battleground areas...
Democrats may have tried to hide their socialist tendencies in the past. But with the elections of people like Democratic Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, it now appears they can no longer do so, and would rather live somewhere where they don't have to deal with that pesky capitalism stuff.
As the critical midterm elections approach, where traditionally, the party out of power does the best, the Democrats' open embrace of, as Hizzonor Mamdani put it, "the warmth of collectivism," isn't helping them. A May CNN poll showed that Democrats and Republicans were virtually neck and neck in a generic ballot, with Democrats at 45 percent and Republicans at 42 percent.
Democrats are also being called out by their own. Comedian Bill Maher stated on his show "Real Time" on Friday that the performers who pulled out of the "America 250" concert made it appear that Democrats "don't really love America." That's a pretty safe assumption, Bill. Combine that with the fact that there have to be at least two generations of young Americans who have no idea what true socialism is because they are not taught what it really is in public schools, and voila, you have a poll that says over half of those polled would rather live outside the U.S. Happy July 4th.
I just have one question: how many of those 55 percent are actually packing up and going somewhere else?