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title: "Table 2.1 Partisan Antipathy"
description: "Q11: Would you say your overall opinion of the Republican/Democratic Party is very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable? ASK IF VERY UNFAVORABLE VIEW OF REPUBLICAN/DEMOCRATIC PARTY: Q11at/bt: Would you say the Republican/Democratic Party’s policies are so misguided that they threaten the nation’s well-being, or wouldn’t you go that far? These questions are […]"
date: "2014-06-12"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/partisan-antipathy/"
---

# Table 2.1 Partisan Antipathy

Q11: Would you say your overall opinion of the Republican/Democratic Party is very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable? ASK IF VERY UNFAVORABLE VIEW OF REPUBLICAN/DEMOCRATIC PARTY: Q11at/bt: Would you say the Republican/Democratic Party’s policies are so misguided that they threaten the nation’s well-being, or wouldn’t you go that far?

These questions are discussed in [Section 2](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/section-2-growing-partisan-antipathy/) of the report.

|  | Democratic Party | Republican Party |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

|  | NET Unfavorable % | Very Unfavorable % | Party is a threat % | NET Unfavorable % | Very Unfavorable % | Party is a threat % | N |

|  |

| TOTAL | 47 | 23 | 16 | 55 | 24 | 15 | 3,335 |
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| PARTY WITH LEANERS |

| Rep/Rep lean | 82 | 43 | 36 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1,391 |

| Dem/Dem lean | 18 | 5 | 2 | 79 | 38 | 27 | 1,568 |
****
| PARTY ID |

| Republican | 86 | 46 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 779 |

| Democrat | 12 | 4 | 2 | 82 | 42 | 31 | 1,036 |

| Independent | 53 | 24 | 17 | 57 | 21 | 11 | 1,341 |

| Lean Republican | 78 | 40 | 34 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 612 |

| Lean Democrat | 28 | 8 | 2 | 75 | 30 | 19 | 532 |
****
| SEX |

| Men | 51 | 26 | 20 | 54 | 23 | 14 | 1,680 |

| Women | 43 | 19 | 13 | 57 | 25 | 16 | 1,655 |
****
| AGE |

| 18-49 | 43 | 18 | 12 | 55 | 22 | 14 | 1,319 |

| 50+ | 52 | 28 | 21 | 56 | 27 | 18 | 1,963 |
****
| DETAILED AGE |

| 18-29 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 51 | 19 | 10 | 447 |

| 30-49 | 45 | 21 | 15 | 57 | 24 | 16 | 872 |

| 50-64 | 51 | 27 | 20 | 58 | 27 | 18 | 957 |

| 65+ | 52 | 30 | 23 | 54 | 26 | 16 | 1,006 |
****
| SEX BY AGE |

| Men 18-49 | 47 | 22 | 16 | 53 | 21 | 12 | 723 |

| Men 50+ | 57 | 31 | 25 | 55 | 26 | 17 | 938 |

| Women 18-49 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 57 | 23 | 15 | 596 |

| Women 50+ | 47 | 25 | 18 | 57 | 27 | 18 | 1,025 |
****
| RACE |

| White, non-Hispanic | 56 | 27 | 21 | 53 | 21 | 14 | 2,398 |

| Black, non-Hispanic | 18 | 7 | 2 | 72 | 38 | 26 | 337 |

| Hispanic | 34 | 16 | 9 | 52 | 25 | 11 | 299 |
****
| EDUCATION |

| College grad+ | 47 | 20 | 15 | 62 | 27 | 20 | 1,351 |

| Post grad | 42 | 18 | 12 | 69 | 31 | 24 | 480 |

| College grad | 49 | 21 | 16 | 59 | 25 | 17 | 871 |

| Some college | 49 | 23 | 17 | 54 | 21 | 15 | 946 |

| HS or less | 45 | 24 | 17 | 52 | 24 | 13 | 1,023 |
****
| FAMILY INCOME |

| $75,000+ | 55 | 26 | 20 | 57 | 24 | 17 | 994 |

| $30,000-$74,999 | 49 | 22 | 17 | 55 | 22 | 13 | 1,071 |

| <$30,000 | 40 | 20 | 12 | 56 | 27 | 18 | 911 |
****
| RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE |

| Total Protestant | 53 | 27 | 21 | 51 | 22 | 14 | 1,694 |

| White NH evangelical Prot. | 72 | 39 | 34 | 38 | 12 | 8 | 656 |

| White NH mainline Prot. | 56 | 27 | 18 | 54 | 21 | 14 | 568 |

| Total Catholic | 45 | 21 | 16 | 50 | 21 | 10 | 658 |

| White NH Cath. | 55 | 26 | 20 | 50 | 18 | 11 | 467 |

| Unaffiliated | 38 | 14 | 11 | 70 | 31 | 21 | 616 |
****
| ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES |

| Weekly or more | 54 | 28 | 22 | 48 | 20 | 12 | 1,264 |

| Less than weekly | 43 | 20 | 14 | 59 | 26 | 17 | 2,041 |
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| REGION |

| Northeast | 43 | 19 | 12 | 61 | 27 | 17 | 598 |

| Midwest | 49 | 22 | 18 | 54 | 22 | 16 | 712 |

| South | 49 | 26 | 19 | 53 | 23 | 15 | 1,266 |

| West | 45 | 20 | 15 | 57 | 25 | 14 | 759 |
****
| AMONG REP/LEAN REP |

| Men | 83 | 47 | 40 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 763 |

| Women | 81 | 39 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 628 |

| 18-29 | 69 | 22 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 149 |

| 30-49 | 83 | 41 | 35 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 331 |

| 50-64 | 87 | 50 | 42 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 394 |

| 65+ | 87 | 55 | 43 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 495 |

| Agree with Tea Party | 94 | 63 | 59 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 584 |

| Disagree/No opinion | 76 | 31 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 767 |
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| AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM |

| Men | 20 | 5 | 2 | 77 | 38 | 26 | 722 |

| Women | 16 | 5 | 2 | 81 | 38 | 27 | 846 |

| 18-29 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 71 | 27 | 16 | 233 |

| 30-49 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 78 | 36 | 25 | 452 |

| 50-64 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 84 | 46 | 34 | 446 |

| 65+ | 15 | 4 | 2 | 85 | 47 | 35 | 420 |
****
| AMONG WHITES |

| Men | 61 | 32 | 26 | 52 | 21 | 13 | 1,182 |

| Women | 51 | 23 | 16 | 54 | 21 | 15 | 1,216 |

| 18-29 | 46 | 16 | 9 | 49 | 16 | 9 | 213 |

| 30-49 | 56 | 26 | 21 | 55 | 21 | 15 | 593 |

| 50-64 | 59 | 31 | 24 | 53 | 22 | 16 | 700 |

| 65+ | 57 | 33 | 25 | 52 | 23 | 15 | 857 |

| College grad | 52 | 22 | 16 | 61 | 25 | 18 | 1,046 |

| Some college or less | 57 | 29 | 23 | 49 | 19 | 12 | 1,349 |

| College grad men | 59 | 28 | 20 | 61 | 24 | 17 | 546 |

| College grad women | 46 | 17 | 12 | 60 | 25 | 19 | 500 |

| Some col or less men | 61 | 33 | 28 | 48 | 19 | 11 | 634 |

| Some col or less women | 53 | 25 | 18 | 51 | 19 | 13 | 715 |

| $75,000+ | 59 | 29 | 23 | 55 | 22 | 16 | 798 |

| $30,000-$74,999 | 57 | 26 | 21 | 52 | 19 | 11 | 782 |

| <$30,000 | 49 | 25 | 17 | 53 | 23 | 18 | 549 |

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**Next:** [Table 3.1 Preferred Community](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/preferred-community.md)