The U.S. House has voted to condemn socialism in all its forms, adopting a resolution targeting the Democratic Socialists of America and several of its positions related to elections, including support for ranked choice voting and “replacing the two-party system.”
The House approved H. Res. 1490 this week by a 220-192 vote, with two members voting present. All 211 Republicans who participated in the vote supported the resolution, joined by eight Democrats and independent Rep. Kevin Kiley of California. Another 192 Democrats voted against it, and two voted present.
The nonbinding resolution was introduced on August 27 by Republican Rep. Jeff Crank of Colorado. It blames socialism for “the killing of over 100,000,000 people worldwide” and states that the House “condemns and denounces socialism in all its forms, including the Democratic Socialists of America.” It also opposes the implementation of what it deems socialist policies in the United States and reaffirms support for “free, fair, and secure elections” limited to U.S. citizens.
Several of the resolution’s findings focus specifically on the DSA and its recent electoral activity, pointing to the November 2025 election of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City and noting that DSA-affiliated candidates have since run in more than 100 elections across at least half of the states. It also references several positions held by the organization, including extending voting rights to permanent U.S. residents and incarcerated people, abolishing the U.S. Senate, implementing ranked choice voting nationwide, and replacing the two-party system.
Notably, the DSA operates as a quasi-standalone political party, regularly supporting candidates for public office, though not on its own ballot line. The organization has largely pursued a strategy of running candidates on the Democratic line due to the legal advantages enjoyed by the two major parties and barriers faced by third party candidates. Despite that approach, its National Electoral Commission states that its goal is to become an independent mass socialist party, and its members have recently directed the organization to work with candidates beyond just those running as Democrats.
The recent House resolution further ties its grievances with socialism to support for enacting the SAVE America Act, which the House advanced using S. 1383, a bill originally titled the Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act. The measure passed the House earlier this year but has not received final Senate approval. It would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections and photo identification when casting a ballot.
Beyond the DSA, several political parties operating in the United States also openly identify with socialist politics; however, none of those organizations are specifically named in the House resolution. Among them is the Socialist Party USA, which traces its history to the original Socialist Party of America and states that its purpose is to establish through democratic means a new society based on democratic socialism. The Party for Socialism and Liberation similarly states in its program that it exists to carry out the “struggle for socialism” in the United States.
Other national organizations presenting themselves as socialist parties in the United States include the Freedom Socialist Party and the Socialist Equality Party. Socialist factions have also existed within other political parties and have sought to influence their national organizations, including the Green Party and, to a much lesser extent, the Libertarian Party.
The recent vote is the third House approval of a broad resolution opposing socialism since 2023, with support noticeably declining across each successive vote. A similar measure passed 328-86 in February 2023, with 14 members voting present. Another passed 285-98 in November 2025, with two voting present. Both earlier resolutions were sponsored by Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar of Florida.
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