Looooooooooooooooooooool
Like a tiny minority of Democrats are even hard-progressive like Bernie Sanders. And most people who subscribe to Marxism would not be caught dead calling themselves Democrats.
Yeah, basically. Aside from that, Marx's legacy is of such significance and breadth across several fields of study that I can probably say with some degree of confidence that I've never discussed politics with anyone who has not at all been influenced by him, in one respect or another.
Being influenced by others does not mean one has to agree with them on most (or any) matters.