Here is the Core Voting Group for the Democratic Socialists of America and Why Their Politicians Promote This Key Policy * The Gateway Pundit * by Cullen Linebarger

Much has been written about the alarming rise of democratic socialism, aka communism, in America. Now, a new study has come out showing the group most susceptible to this brainwashing and explaining a key policy of the DSA.

On Tuesday, famed liberal pollster Nate Silver conducted a study to determine the strongest Democratic voting group in America, with a specific focus on Democratic socialists. He was inspired to do this after hearing how DSA-backed candidates like Graham Platner and Abdul El-Sayed claim to have the backing of ordinary working-class Americans.

But the data instead shows these socialist candidates actually perform best with college-educated voters. To be most specific, their strongest backing comes from voters with postgraduate degrees but lower-to-middle household incomes of $30K to $60K per year.

From Nate Silver:

What is the most Democratic voting group in America? It’s voters with postgraduate degrees but lower-to-middle household incomes of $30K to $60K per year.

This is very much also the sweet spot for the DSA. In the group’s most recent member survey in 2021, 80 percent of members aged 25 or older had bachelor’s degrees, but 45 percent had household incomes below $60,000 per year.

This is unusual because education and income are usually substantially positively correlated. In the composite CES data, only 19 percent of Americans with bachelor’s degrees or higher had household incomes of $60K or below. The DSA rate is around twice that.

These voters aren’t necessarily “blue collar” in the sense of working with their hands. But that doesn’t mean they’re privileged. Common occupations among DSA members include teachers, nonprofit workers, social workers, and public-sector employees.

LOOK:

And guess what these overeducated leftists have in common? Lots of student debt.

Per Education Data Initiative, graduate student borrowers have an average outstanding debt of $106,129 based on 2025 data. This rises to a whopping $180,757 for those with doctorates.

When one combines this reality with sub-six-figure salaries, the natural recourse is for these voters to look for someone to save them instead of taking accountability.

This explains why socialist politicians like Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont have for years campaigned on canceling student loan debt regardless of income. They have access to the same data as Silver.

In addition, “cancel student debt” is an easy-to-remember and easy-to-explain slogan. The best leftist communicators in politics understand the best way to convert and maintain voters is with simplicity, not drowning in weeds with policy papers.

Thus, now you have an overeducated, entitled group of voters who are becoming a force in Democratic politics. Karl Marx could not have drawn it up any better.