Bernie Sanders is arguably more popular in 2020 than he was in 2016. But socialism is not.

Socialism has remained consistently unpopular within the United States for years, and that has not yet changed, despite the growing enthusiasm for self-described democratic socialist politicians such as Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. A new Gallup poll confirmed on Tuesday that a majority of the public (53%) still does not want to vote for a socialist candidate, even if that person is “generally well-qualified.”