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Unconventional Right: Small-government advocates who hold conservative views on immigration and race but are less uniformly conservative on other social issues


Unconventional Right: Small-government advocates who hold conservative views on immigration and race but are less uniformly conservative on other social issues
% who say …
Leftward Progressives
Loyal Liberals
Left-Out Left
Order and Opportunity Left
Tuned-Out Middle
Pragmatic and Polite Right
Unconventional Right
Faith First Conservatives
No Apologies Right
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The U.S. being made up of many different races, ethnicities and religions strengthens society

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Federal government does not have a responsibility to provide an adequate standard of living for all Americans

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Undocumented immigrants should not be allowed to stay in the country legally

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They have a favorable opinion of NATO

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Abortion should be legal in all or most cases

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It is not important to use language that other people do not find offensive

Note: For full question wordings and distributions, refer to the detailed tables. The April 2025 question about government responsibility to provide adequate standard of living had a sample size of 114 Tuned-Out Middle, for a margin of error of plus or minus 10.4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
Source: Surveys of U.S. adults conducted April 7-13, June 2-8 and Nov. 17-30, 2025, and Jan. 20-26 and March 23-29, 2026.
PEW RESEARCH CENTER


Unconventional Right: Small-government advocates who hold conservative views on immigration and race but are less uniformly conservative on other social issues
% who say …
Typology groupThe U.S. being made up of many different races, ethnicities and religions strengthens societyFederal government does not have a responsibility to provide an adequate standard of living for all AmericansUndocumented immigrants should not be allowed to stay in the country legallyThey have a favorable opinion of NATOAbortion should be legal in all or most casesIt is not important to use language that other people do not find offensive
Leftward Progressives97%3%2%80%98%15%
Loyal Liberals96%13%5%92%95%16%
Left-Out Left78%11%10%65%83%32%
Order and Opportunity Left69%17%17%64%70%18%
Tuned-Out Middle45%23%30%49%49%22%
Pragmatic and Polite Right72%42%32%63%51%14%
Unconventional Right45%49%57%52%56%47%
Faith First Conservatives37%58%70%25%16%37%
No Apologies Right33%73%82%20%26%70%

Note: For full question wordings and distributions, refer to the detailed tables. The April 2025 question about government responsibility to provide adequate standard of living had a sample size of 114 Tuned-Out Middle, for a margin of error of plus or minus 10.4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
Source: Surveys of U.S. adults conducted April 7-13, June 2-8 and Nov. 17-30, 2025, and Jan. 20-26 and March 23-29, 2026.
PEW RESEARCH CENTER

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