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or 40 years, pew research has conducted nonpartisan surveys on Americans’ attitudes to major issues and how they plan to vote — providing an indispensable road map to today’s fractured political landscape in which registered voters are
evenly split between Democrats and Republicans. Here’s what they’ve learned in the run-up to next month’s election.
8 FACTS ABOUT DEMOCRATS 1
49 48 The racial and ethnic composition of Democrat voters has changed a
lot in recent decades. More than four in 10 (44%) are Hispanic, Black, Asian, another race, or multiracial. This is roughly double the share in 1996 (23%).
The share of Democrat voters with at least a four-year college degree has doubled since the 1990s. Today, 45% have at least a bachelor’s degree, up from 22% in 1996. White Americans without a four-year degree made up a majority of Democrat voters in the 1990s. Today, they account for just 26%.
Religiously, nearly half of Democrat voters (46%) identify as something other than Christian. Just a few decades ago, Christians made up an overwhelming majority of Democrat voters. Today, slightly more than
half (54%) are Christian, while 46% are not.
Ages 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+
Democrats are more likely than voters overall to be religiously unaffiliated
% of registered voters identify as . . .
Among Dem/Lean Dem voters Among all voters White Evangelical
White Catholic
White Nonevangelical
Black Protestant
Hispanic Catholic
33 43 5 17 10 13 8 14 20 22 11 14 6 7 Protestant
Catholic Christian
54 67 Net
6 8
Other Faiths
26 38
Religious Unafiliated
SOURCE: Pew Research Center government should do more to solve problems. Just 23% say it is doing too many things. should be legal in their state. 40% shortly before it overturned Roe.
decades. Fifty-five percent have a very unfavorable view of Republicans, up from just 17% three decades ago. Democrats also dislike Donald Trump. Currently, 92% express an unfavorable opinion of the former president.
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22 NEWSMAX | OCTOBER 2024 Democrat hostility toward the Republican Party has risen in recent Democrats’ views of the Supreme Court have grown much more
negative. Only 24% have a favorable opinion of the court since it overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Currently, 62% say the court is too powerful, up from
The number of Democrats who overwhelmingly say abortion should be legal in all or most cases has increased over the past decade from 65% in 2014 to 85% today. By 73% to 8%, Democrats also say medication abortion
6 in 10 Democrats see gun violence, healthcare costs, and partisan gridlock as very big problems % of Democrats and Democrat-leaners who say each of the following is a very big problem in the country:
Gun violence
The affordability of healthcare The ability of Democrats/
Republicans to work together Climate change
Drug addiction 50 SOURCE: Pew Research Center 68 65 63 58 Democrats continue to favor an active federal government. The share
who prefer a bigger government that provides more services has increased from 59% in 2015 to 74% today. Most Democrats (76%) also say the
4 Gun violence, healthcare costs, and
partisan gridlock are major national problems. In a May 2024 survey of U.S.
adults (not just registered voters), 68% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents said gun violence is a very big problem in the country today. The affordability of healthcare, the ability of parties to work together, and climate change also ranked among the most serious national problems for Democrats.
All voters Dem/Lean Dem 12 16 29 31 29 27 29 27 SOURCE: Pew Research Center
How Democrat voters’ demographics compare with those of voters overall
% of registered voters who are . . . Hispanic All voters Dem/Lean Dem
White 67
56
HS or less
All voters Dem/Lean Dem 28 25
college 32
29 Some
Black Other Asian
13 11 16 18
College grad+
40 45
REGISTERED VOTERS
ARE NOW EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES
Age
Education
Race/Ethnicity
QUIELINES/SHUTTERSTOCK
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