Good Tuesday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefings. Stay tuned

after the show for a message from Google. Unless you've been living under Iraq, you're well aware that

Republicans are trying to make the 2020 elections about Democrats embracing socialism.

Congressional leaders say with regularity and even President Donald Trump dips his toes in these

waters. The American Action Network, a center-right group that supports House GOP-linked policies,

just conducted a relatively major research project in which they pulled 30 House districts,

10 that were Trump districts, 12 that were battleground, and eight suburban districts.

The main takeaways were that socialism, broadly speaking, is unpopular,

but Republicans have work to do if they want to tarnish some key Democratic proposals.

Once voters hear about the agenda as framed by Republicans, 61% say it's socialist.

Calling Democrats' policies socialists caused a 10-point drop in their popularity.

For example, take Medicare for All.

When asked about supporting Medicare for

all and hearing it described as guaranteed health care coverage regardless of income,

and every American's health insurance would come from a single government-run plan,

41% favor it, 55% oppose it, and 4% are unsure. When Republicans start describing it as causing

doctor shortages, longer wait times for urgent care,

and delays in access to the latest drugs for cancer and other serious diseases, the numbers move to

34% favor and 60% oppose. The Green New Deal is actually above water when described as a plan

that would work to address climate change and income inequality and transition in the United

States from an economy built on fossil fuels

to one driven by clean energy. Forty-eight percent favor, 46 percent of pose, and 7 percent are

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