Majority of Republicans view the Democratic Party as ‘very liberal’; fewer Democrats rate the GOP as ‘very conservative’ | Pew Research Center

September 19, 2018

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

Majority of Republicans view the Democratic Party as ‘very liberal’; fewer Democrats rate the GOP as ‘very conservative’

Majority of Republicans view the Democratic Party as ‘very liberal’; fewer Democrats rate the GOP as ‘very conservative’

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Majority of Republicans view the Democratic Party as ‘very liberal’; fewer Democrats rate the GOP as ‘very conservative’

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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’