% positive
Small Business 96
Free Enterprise 92
Entrepreneurs 90
Capitalism 66
Big business 60
Federal government 52
Socialism 42
Both capitalism and socialism got higher positive ratings than in the survey I wrote about in my previous post. That may be because this survey led off with "free enterprise," which may have put people in a positive mood. In the earlier survey, the list started with "socialism" and then asked about "progressive" and "libertarian" before "capitalism."
My previous post was about age differences: compared to older people, younger people were considerably more positive about socialism and less positive about capitalism. Does that pattern hold up here?
% Positive
Age Capitalism Socialism Free Enterprise
18-29 57 51 89
30-49 71 40 92
50-64 73 34 95
65+ 73 26 95
It does. Both surveys show big age differences in views of socialism and smaller differences in views of capitalism, with socialism and capitalism about equally popular among the youngest age group. I also show the figures for free enterprise, since there is a statistically significant age difference. (There's no significant difference in views of big business or entrepreneurs; younger people are more favorable to the federal government, but I suspect answers to that question are strongly influenced by views of the current administration.)
[data from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research]
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