By Valerie Bauman Social Affairs Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 20:10 BST, 7 May 2019 | Updated: 02:39 BST, 8 May 2019
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A majority (57 percent) of Americans say socialism is incompatible with this country's values, but only 42 percent have a negative opinion of the philosophy, according to a new survey.
Less than a third (29 percent) said socialism is compatible with U.S. values, according to the survey of 801 Americans by Monmouth University Poll.
Additionally, 10 percent said they have a positive opinion of socialism, while 45 percent took a neutral view.
'We shouldn't ignore the possibility that 'neutral' could be a way for some Americans, especially Democrats, to couch their policy preferences without using a term that has historically negative connotations,' said Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute.
This graph illustrates the share of Americans who have positive, negative and neutral views about capitalism vs. socialism. Source: Monmouth University Poll
'This is going to be a real challenge for left-leaning candidates in the 2020 presidential race,' he added. 'The party base seems to be saying, 'We like your platform, just don't use the word socialism to describe it.'
Some 58 percent of Americans said they somewhat or strongly favor a universal health care system for the U.S. – which
