Overall, 61 percent of voters were able to correctly say that Sanders self-identifies as a democratic socialist — a label that seemed to be more identifiable to older voters.

Fewer than half of voters (45 percent) ages 18 to 29 said Sanders self-identifies as a democratic socalist, compared to 78 percent of voters ages 65 and older. That falls to 72 percent of voters ages 55 to 64, then a large dropoff to 57 percent of voters ages 45 to 54 and half of voters ages 30 to 44.

By a wide margin, voters were able to pick Sanders out as the candidate who self-identifies as a democratic socialist. The poll, conducted Feb. 15-17 among 1,990 registered voters, has a margin of error of 2 percentage points.

Twenty-one percent said Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a Wall Street critic who frequently criticizes large banks, identifies as a democratic socialist (although she identifies as a capitalist). That’s compared to 10 percent who said the same about Wall Street multi-billionaire and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and 9 percent about former Vice President Joe Biden.

While the democratic socialist label has long been thought to be an obstacle to Sanders’ prospects at national office, it might now benefit him in the Democratic primary.