Sizable racial and ethnic, age, gender and income differences in views of 'socialism's and tcapitalism % who say they have a very or somewhat positive impression of
Similar shares of adults younger than 30 express positive views of capitalism (52%) and socialism (50%). Among older age groups, views of capitalism are more positive than opinions of socialism.
Women are more likely than men to view socialism positively (46% vs. 38%), while a much larger share of men (74%) than women (56%) view capitalism positively. Nearly twice as many men as women have a very positive impression of capitalism (33% vs. 17%).
Sizable racial and ethnic, age, gender and income  | differences in views of 'socialism's and tcapitalism  | % who say they have a very or somewhat positive impression of  | Socialism  | Capitalism  | Very Somewhat  | Total  | 42 SENET  | 24  | 65  | Men 9  | 38  | 33  | 74  | Women 8  | 46  | 17  | 56  | White  | 35  | 28  | 66  | Black 16  | 65  | 13  | 57  | Hispanic 10  | 52  | 19  | 61  | Ages 18-29 12  | 50  | 15  | 52  | 47  | 30-49  | 11  | 21  | 64  | 7 5  | 50-64  | 38  | 26  | 67  | 65+  | 34  | 38  | 76  | Postgrad  | 9  | 27  | 72  | 48  | 44  | College grad  | 8  | 27  | 70  | Some college  | 64  | 9  | 40  | 26  | HS or less 9  | 42  | 21  | 60  | FAMILY INCOME  | $75K or more  | 31  | 76  | 39  | $30K-$74.999 8  | 42  | 25  | 64  | Less than $30K 12  | 14  | 50  | 52  | Notes: Whites fand blacks include tonly those who are not Hispanic; Hispanics are of wayy race  | Source: Survey of U.S adults conducted April 29-May 13, 2019.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 