CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten said on Thursday that the far-left has record-breaking support dating back to the 1990s from those who identify as Democrats.

The number of Democrats identifying as “far-left” has quadrupled since 1999, when only 5 percent of identified as such, and that number has since surged to 21 percent in 2026, Enten said on “CNN News Central.”

Over a quarter of Democrats, 26 percent identified as “conservative” in 1999, while only 8 percent of the party self-identifies as that currently.

“You know, there used to be alot of conservative Democrats,” Enten said.

“Right back in 1999, 26 percent of Democrats self-identifiedas conservative. Just 5 percent said that they were very liberal.It was a smidgen,a smidgen, a smidgen. Now that far left has gained considerably in power. Look at this.Now we’re talking about a fifth of Democrats, 21 percent say they’re very liberal.That conservative part of the Democratic Party, adios amigos, goodbye, just 8 percent.”

“Andwhen you combine the 21 percent who are very liberal with those who say that they’re somewhatliberal, we’re talking about three in five Democrats who identify as either somewhat liberalor very liberal with the very liberals, but much larger portion of the party, the far left,which used to just be a smidgen within the Democratic Party, has gained considerablepower, as you saw in New Jersey’s 11th District,” Enten continued.

Thirty-three percent of all Democrats and 42 percent of those in the party under the age of 35 identify as Democratic Socialists.

“And more than that, if you look at Democratsunder the age of 35, they are nearly half, nearly half of the Democratic Party.Look at this. Forty two percent of Democrats think of themselves as Democratic Socialistsunder the age of 35, just like Zohran Mamdani,” Enten said.

“That, what happened in New York City, is notsome aberration. Right. It is not something that just happened in New York City is somethingthat we are seeing grow within the Democratic Party at this particular point when we’re talkingabout 42 percent of Democrats under the age of 35 identifying as Democratic Socialistsand a third of all Democrats.”

A majority of all voters, 58 percent, in the U.S. believe the Democratic Party is too liberal, which is a big jump from the 48 percent who said the same in 2013 and the 42 percent in 1996, Enten said.

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