The Democratic contenders for their party’s nomination to run against President Donald Trump in the 2020 election are increasingly embracing some of the most radical socialist ideas in U.S. history.
Socialist policies received virtually no support among Democrats as recently as 2013, when not a single Democrat in the Senate co-sponsored the Medicare for All bill introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Just five years later, in 2018, one-third of Senate Democrats and two-thirds of House Democrats have signed on to the proposal.
