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As New York City’s Democratic nominee for mayor Zohran Mandani lays out progressive plans on the campaign trail, a new Fox News national survey reveals capitalism remains more popular than socialism. Still, voters support raising taxes on the wealthy.
Among other things, Mamdani, a self-proclaimed Democratic socialist, has promised to make New York City more affordable by taxing its elite residents.
Voters nationwide favor the government increasing taxes on the wealthy if it means it will strengthen the country’s social programs (73% support raising taxes to achieve this goal) and spread the wealth to those less fortunate (64%). They are less inclined to increase taxes on the wealthy “so that nobody gets to be too rich” (47% support vs. 52% op