Barack Obama ranks number one at 54. Right behind him: Bernie Sanders at 45, and Zohran Mamdani — the democratic socialist Mayor of NYC — at 44. That’s higher than Pete Buttigieg (43), Jon Ossoff (42), AOC (41), Kamala Harris (41), and Marco Rubio (41), the lone Republican who cracked the top tier.

For context on where the establishment wing lands: Chuck Schumer sits at 30, Hakeem Jeffries at 36, and Gavin Newsom ties the entire Republican Party’s favorability at 39.

Among Democrats specifically, Sanders and Mamdani are tied at the top with a 72/100 mean rating, ahead of AOC at 70. The party establishment trails behind: Harris at 68, Buttigieg at 67, Newsom at 64.

Meanwhile, Trump sits at 38 — tied with his own VP — and Tucker Carlson is the single most disliked political figure tested, at 28, even among his own party’s rank-and-file (40/100 with Republicans).

So next time some Democratic consultant tells you “the DSA is toxic” and voters want a “moderate,” maybe point them to the actual data: the most popular non-Obama figures in the country right now are a democratic socialist mayor and a democratic socialist senator who popularized the term.

Americans who paying attention don’t want the “center” between fascism and liberalism. Quasi-fascism and quasi-white supremacy aren’t going to cut it. We reject the MAGA ideology and cruelty — entirely.

The American people determine who the “moderates” are through their votes, not the corporate media pundit class.

New Strength In Numbers/Verasight polling (June 2026) asked Americans to rate political figures on a 0-100 “feeling thermometer.”