us political involvement / http://backend.userland.com/rss ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½WebTeam The 32% of Americans who follow political news very closely is down from the prior two readings but typical of years before a presidential election. /poll/513128/attention-political-news-slips-back-typical-levels.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/513128/attention-political-news-slips-back-typical-levels.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:00:00 GMT None of the major political events of recent years has altered where Americans place themselves on the ideological spectrum from liberal to conservative. /poll/388988/political-ideology-steady-conservatives-moderates-tie.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/388988/political-ideology-steady-conservatives-moderates-tie.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:30:00 GMT Although the U.S. political party affiliation average for 2021 was similar to prior years, the country shifted from a nine-point Democratic preference early in the year to a five-point Republican advantage near the end. /poll/388781/political-party-preferences-shifted-greatly-during-2021.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/388781/political-party-preferences-shifted-greatly-during-2021.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:00:00 GMT Americans are paying closer attention to political news this fall than is usual for a year in which there is no presidential election. Republicans maintained their election-year focus on the news, while Democrats shifted their gaze. /poll/357398/political-news-receiving-heightened-public-attention.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/357398/political-news-receiving-heightened-public-attention.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:00:00 GMT Americans' ideological stance was about the same in 2020 as in 2019, with conservatives and moderates the leading groups, and slightly fewer identifying as liberal. /poll/328367/americans-political-ideology-held-steady-2020.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/328367/americans-political-ideology-held-steady-2020.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:00:00 GMT Although Americans' party preferences varied over the course of 2020, the average for the year was similar to what it was during the previous four years. /poll/328310/party-average-2020-winds-similar-prior-years.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/328310/party-average-2020-winds-similar-prior-years.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:00:00 GMT 47% of U.S. adults identify as Democrats or lean to the Democratic Party, while 42% identify as or lean Republican. /poll/267239/democrats-hold-edge-party-affiliation-3rd-quarter.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/267239/democrats-hold-edge-party-affiliation-3rd-quarter.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 07 Oct 2019 08:00:00 GMT White Americans without college degrees have been aligned with the Republican Party for most of the past two decades, but their affiliation with the GOP has grown stronger during the Trump era. /poll/248525/non-college-whites-affinity-gop-trump.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/248525/non-college-whites-affinity-gop-trump.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 12 Apr 2019 08:00:00 GMT Given a choice, rank-and-file Democrats would prefer that their party shift to the center rather than the left, while Republicans favor a more conservative than moderate GOP. /poll/245462/democrats-favor-moderate-party-gop-conservative.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/245462/democrats-favor-moderate-party-gop-conservative.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 12 Dec 2018 19:45:00 GMT