Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Since 1992, liberals gain ground while conservatives tread water



U.S. Still Leans Conservative, but Liberals Keep Recent Gains.  (Gallup, 1/8/2019)
Since 1992, the percentage of Americans identifying as liberal has risen from 17% then to 26% today. This has been mostly offset by a shrinking percentage of moderates, from 43% to 35%. Meanwhile, from 1993 to 2016 the percentage conservative was consistently between 36% and 40%, before dipping to 35% in 2017 and holding at that level in 2018. 
These ideology figures are based on combined data from Gallup's monthly GPSS and other standalone surveys conducted each year. The 2018 aggregate includes 13 surveys totaling more than 13,000 national adults.

Likely nominee for one of the most misleading headlines of 2018

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