• A Napolitan News survey of 9,458 Registered Voters in October found the following preferences when voters were given a choice between 4 candidates of equal skills and temperament:
  • One third (34%) of voters would prefer a candidate who advocates Trump-like policies.
  • Twenty-two percent (22%) would favor a traditional Democrat.
  • Nineteen percent (19%) would favor a candidate advocating policies like those of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
  • And finally, just 17% would favor a candidate advocating traditional Republican policies.
• Over the past 5 years, a plurality has always favored a candidate offering Trump-like policies.
  • The number preferring Trump-like policies is the same as the last 2 months, down 1 point from 3 months ago, and down 4 from the beginning of 2025.
  • The number preferring a candidate with Trump-like policies has ranged from a low of 31% in April 2024 to a high of 38% several times, most recently in January 2025.
  • When President Trump won the 2024 election, 37% of voters preferred a candidate advocating policies like his.

Note: Since October 2020, we have asked this question, but about a candidate supporting Senator Bernie Sanders' policies, rather than about AOC's. August was the first complete month using AOC in place of Bernie Sanders.

When we started this series in 2020, Bernie Sanders was the leading voice of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Now, AOC has taken on that role. It is appropriate, therefore, to make changes to our question wording to reflect that reality. The change from Bernie Sanders to AOC had no impact on Trump and Traditional Republican figures.