[geezerjay]

I would also add that "socialism" means completely different things to different people. To some, a mild social democracy is socialism, while to others it's a full blown proletariat dictatorship.

Conversely, to some a mild social democracy is socialism. Case in point: the US's debate on establishing an european style national health service.

Therefore, not only are these polls heavily biased, they are meaningless as they aren't based on objective definitions of those concepts.