Read this (short!) article on a 2018 Gallup Poll about Socialism

https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/243362/meaning-socialism-americans-today.aspx

1) What are two traditional definitions (i.e. dictionary definitions) of socialism? You can use the Google if you need to!

Select one or more:

a. A political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

b. In Marxist theory, it is a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of Communism.

c. Equality for all citizens

d. Government-provided services

e. When people are gregarious at parties

2) Since 1949, the following has happened to Americans' concept of socialism [SELECT ALL THAT APPLY]

Select one or more:

a. The percentage of people answering that socialism means "Equality - equal standing for everybody..." has approximately doubled

b. The percentage of Americans who identify socialism with its dictionary definition as "Government ownership or control, government ownership of [production]..." has approximately halved.

c. More people in 1949 thought it was related to being social, especially in group settings

d. A higher percentage of Americans had no opinion in 2018

3) The paragraph that begins, "The current research shows that Republicans are significantly..." implies that many Democrats and Republicans may define socialism differently from one another.

Select one:

True

False

4) If you had to summarize the trend that is occurring in public opinion regarding socialism between 1949 and 2018, it would be:

Select one:

a. Most people have forgotten the definition of socialism

b. The current conception of socialism is no longer specific to governmental control of production, but rather more associated with broad and varied ideas about equality

c. People are more opinionated nowadays

d. Socialism has fallen in regard