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Democratic Socialists Are Courting the Youth
How Do We Stop Them?
By Carole Hornsby Haynes July 22, 2026 American Thinker
In recent years, America’s positive views about capitalism have declined and socialism have increased. The shift is especially pronounced among younger voters. A 2021 Gallup poll found that just 47% of American youth, aged 18 to 34, favored capitalism, down nearly 20 points from 10 years earlier. By 2025 support had plunged still further with only 39% favoring capitalism, according to the Harvard Youth Poll.
For the past three years, Texas Houston Independent School District (HISD) superintendent, Mike Miles, has endured widespread scathing criticism, including accusations of ongoing racism and unfairness. Well known progressive education researcher 
On January 30, Texas students joined thousands of other government brainwashed students, often encouraged by educators, in a national demonstration against ICE.
American schools began with the Puritans in the 1600s for the purpose of Bible literacy. With the Bible as the core of learning, America’s first reader, the New England Primer, was created to teach children Bible stories, poems, hymns, and prayers. This emphasis on literacy and education promoted strong religious convictions among colonists and led to the creation of the most literate, educated society in the world. 
After years of liberal professors spewing their propaganda at captive students who needed the class for graduation, the pendulum is slowly swinging back to the right. 
Public school enrollment continues to careen downward with no end in sight. Although the long term decline in the U.S. birth rate and changing demographics are drivers for plummeting enrollment, dissatisfaction with public education and school choice are triggering a movement toward alternative forms of education.
Since his arrest last month by ICE, the public is still struggling with how Ian Roberts could have been hired by the board of the largest public school district in Iowa despite the facts: he was unauthorized to work in the U.S., had a history of criminal charges, and touted falsified credentials.