The recently released platform for the Democratic Socialists of America is titled "Workers Deserve More" and it includes some proposals to ease cost of living for working families that are popular among many progressives, such as free healthcare and pre-K.

"You have no debt. You don't need health insurance," the platform's website says, laying out its vision for American social democracy. "You don't pay a mortgage or have a landlord, because comfortable housing is a human right."

The platform, released July 14, drew widespread backlash from conservatives. Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson reacted to the platform calling it "communism" by "barbarians," while slamming the more radical policies like eliminating the U.S. Senate or having the president selected by Congress.

"This isn't just Common Sense vs. Crazy anymore," Johnson wrote on X. "It's Common Sense vs. COMMUNISM."

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Although not all self-described democratic socialists are in the Democratic Socialists of America, the DSA is an increasingly influential player on the left. Members include New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, all Democrats. Three Democratic nominees for U.S. House of Representative seats – Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez in New York and Melat Kiros in Colorado – also belong to the group, as do a growing list of state and local officials.

A third of Democrats identify as democratic socialists, according to a July 30 CNN poll, but it's possible that quite a few of those are not familiar with some of the DSA's more unusual suggestions for overhauling the U.S. government. A July 28 Reuters/Ipsos poll revealed that 47% of Americans say they don't understand democratic socialist policies.

While President Donald Trump and his GOP allies slam democratic socialists as "communists," the Democratic Socialists of America is defining its own brand in the new platform.

The 120,000-member organization's policy roadmap has three sections:

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