Don’t be fooled by conventional reading of the latest Gallup survey as showing the country moving Bernie Sanders’ way.

The survey indicates a slight decline in the American perception of capitalism, but examining it more deeply reveals that one certainty is the rapid leftward movement among Democrats.

The survey results show that the percentage of Americans with a favorable opinion of capitalism has decreased from 60% in 2021 to 54% this year. Back in 2010, when Gallup first conducted this poll, the figure stood at 61%.

Yet that drop came purely among Democrats and independents, an eight-point fall among each since 2021.

Significantly, for the first time, less than half of Democrats (42%) hold a favorable view of capitalism, while their approval of socialism has climbed from 50% in 2010 to 66% currently.

Most Americans (57%) still view socialism negatively.

Here’s the thing: Without access to the raw data, we can’t be sure Gallup isn’t overcounting Dems when it calculates the numbers for Americans overall.

And we do know that Americans are leaving the Democratic Party by the millions, with the GOP picking up about the same — an exodus that parallels the party’s turn to socialism.

In short, it’s not that Bernie Sanders AOC, Zohran Mamdani & Co. are changing people’s minds: The socialism-lovers are simply driving those who disagree out of a party that’s losing the rest of the country as a direct result.