Democratic Sweep Isn’t a Vote for Socialism

Originally published by PennLive.

On Nov. 3, voters gave Democrats control of Congress (including flipping four seats in Pennsylvania) and the U.S. Senate. Gov. Josh Shapiro won reelection handily, while Democrats gained seats in the Pennsylvania House and flipped the state Senate, making for the first Democratic trifecta in more than 30 years.

Pundits will offer plenty of explanations. But one conclusion would be a mistake: that voters have turned away from free enterprise.

Pennsylvania voters still overwhelmingly prefer a free-enterprise system to a socialist economy. In Susquehanna Polling & Research’s poll, just 11 percent of Pennsylvanians said they wanted a socialist economy, while more than 70 percent prefer a free-enterprise system. That preference crossed party lines.

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