No one's saying you're stupid, I actually think you're quite brilliant; which is why I worry.

Like I said, I don't care about Bernie Sanders or Trump because I'm not American, couldn't care less. However I think it's important to note that there's a clear distinction between social democracy, Marx' socialism, and communism. Having lived in the states for quite a few years and having some experience with the way history and economic classes teach these things (with fear and stigma of socialism/communism), I understand why so many Americans conflate these ideas so often. You're not alone.
But yeah, to echo Outin's point, all you've shown is prejudice against rather than actual knowledge. This reminds me of faith schools in the UK. Almost none of the students accept evolution even though their school teaches it, why's that? Because the teachers are so unqualified and biased that all they present are misconstrued ideas of evolution in hopes of swaying their students to a more religious based explanation.
It's what I keep seeing all over the US. People don't understand how science works, and they place their misunderstandings as a fault on science and scientists. This growing distrust in science has been going on in the United States for quite some time, and it keeps spreading. Media outlets spreading misinformation, politicians calling evolution and climatology fake science, anti-vaccine campaigns, and even bills to propose creationism as an alternative to evolution.
It's amazing. I don't know what's going on with America, the country once known as the leader of technological and scientific progress. So yeah Noah, you're not alone; you're part of a huge systematic problem.