Democratic socialism is on the rise some places, but has roots in KY

By: Berry Craig

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: July 16, 2026

Words: 790

Last Updated: 3 days, 8 hours ago

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Democratic socialism is on the rise in some blue states, but socialists are still rare in ruby red Republican Kentucky.

That wasn’t always so.

Six-score years ago, Louisville hosted the Christian Socialist Fellowship movement’s first national convention. The movement even spread to the Jackson Purchase, arguably Kentucky’s Trumpiest territory today.

The CSF aimed “to perfect an organization of the ‘Christian people who believe in socialism,'” according to the June 18, 1906, Louisville Courier-Journal.

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