Poll of the Day > Political typology reveals deep fissures on the Right and Left.

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http://www.people-press.org/2017/10/24/political-typology-reveals-deep-fissures-on-the-right-and-left/

Nearly a year after Donald Trump was elected president, the Republican coalition is deeply divided on such major issues as immigration, Americas role in the world and the fundamental fairness of the U.S. economic system.

The Democratic coalition is largely united in staunch opposition to President Trump. Yet, while Trumps election has triggered a wave of political activism within the partys sizable liberal bloc, the liberals sky-high political energy is not nearly as evident among other segments in the Democratic base. And Democrats also are internally divided over U.S. global involvement, as well as some religious and social issues.

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These are among the findings of Pew Research Centers new political typology, which sorts Americans into cohesive groups based on their values, attitudes and party affiliation, and provides a unique perspective on the nations changing political landscape. Before reading further, take our quiz to see where you fit in the political typology.

The political typology reveals that even in a political landscape increasingly fractured by partisanship, the divisions within the Republican and Democratic coalitions may be as important a factor in American politics as the divisions between them.

In some cases these fissures are not new they were evident in six previous Pew Research Center typology studies conducted over the past three decades, most recently in 2014. Yet, especially within the GOP, many of the divisions now center on the issues that have been front-and-center for Trump since he first launched his presidential campaign.

This study is based on surveys of more than 5,000 adults conducted over the summer. This was also the data source for our Oct. 6 report, The Partisan Divide on Political Values Grows Even Wider. These reports were made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts, which received support for the surveys from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Obviously I'm not going to post the entire thing as it's a bit long and I don't like spamming posts.

Article can be read at URL below or at NPR's cover,

http://www.people-press.org/2017/10/24/political-typology-reveals-deep-fissures-on-the-right-and-left/

http://www.npr.org/2017/10/24/559774933/2-party-system-americans-might-be-ready-for-8

anal fissures probably
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Mead posted...

anal fissures probably

Damn, you must have been brewing on that one for a while, huh?

He probably thought of it a while ago and has been waiting to use it.
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lol at the Democratic Party having liberals. I guess they have to call what they have something. I can't pin it down.

WastelandCowboy posted...

Mead posted...

anal fissures probably

Damn, you must have been brewing on that one for a while, huh?

had to use google to make sure I knew how to spell fissures
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Mead posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

Mead posted...

anal fissures probably

Damn, you must have been brewing on that one for a while, huh?

had to use google to make sure I knew how to spell fissures

Did you image search

Well, both parties have failed to control extremist factions which, in the DNC's case, let Bernie Sanders get close to stealing the primaries from Hillary. For the GOP, the establishment candidates all did poorly in the primaries except maybe if we're counting Rubio although he *still* finished third and the biggest establishment candidate, Jeb, was one of the first to go.
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