Making Sense of the Standoff: Partisanship Peaks in 2014
by Peter Graham on Jun 13, 2014 | Views: 132 | Score: 1
| Democrats with political values that are 'mostly' or 'consistently' liberal | Republicans with political values that are 'mostly' or 'consistently' conservative | |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 30 | 45 |
| 1999 | 41 | 34 |
| 2004 | 49 | 31 |
| 2009 | 49 | 50 |
| 2014 | 56 | 53 |
% of Americans, by party...
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people-press.org
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A 20-year look at the ideological firmness of the US electorate found a peak in partisanship in 2014. Democrats and Republicans that 'mostly' or 'consistently' hold political values that lean left or right, respectively, are for the first time a majority in both parties.