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Socialism, democratic socialism or social democracy? It's quite different and the article does not seem to clarify if the poll ever mentioned that. I guess it is democratic socialism as promoted by the DSA? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Socialists_of_America#Ideology_and_political_positions
If it explained the difference, I wonder what the polls would show of approval difference between the three.
I have a hard time understanding how a democratically elected government creating and operating a service to provide people with the essentials they need to survive isn't an example of the people owning the means of production.
Never forget that "socialism is just a transition to communism" was a thing Lenin said, not Marx.
Afaiu, social democracy accepts some amount of free market and capitalism for economical efficiency, and democratic socialism accepts it but for a transitional period?
That's why I would say they are not the same as straight up Marxist revolution to seize the means of production. And I don't think much people support that in this poll, but it does not seem to detail it to confirm.