Americans overall place themselves near midpoint on the ideological scale | Pew Research Center

September 19, 2018

Republicans, Democrats See Opposing Party as More Ideological Than Their Own

Americans overall place themselves near midpoint on the ideological scale

Americans overall place themselves near midpoint on the ideological scale

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Americans overall place themselves near midpoint on the ideological scale

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Republicans, Democrats See Opposing Party as More Ideological Than Their Own
Republicans rate the Democratic Party as more liberal – and the GOP as more conservative – than in 2016
Americans overall place themselves near midpoint on the ideological scale
Age and educational differences in how people rate their own ideologies
Republicans more likely than Republican-leaning independents to rate Democratic Party as very liberal
Republican leaners rate the GOP as less conservative than do Republicans
Majority of Republicans view the Democratic Party as ‘very liberal’; fewer Democrats rate the GOP as ‘very conservative’