Pew Research Center

Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology

Our typology sorts the public into nine groups based on their political and cultural values, not their party – painting a ...

CNN poll: Political independents hit their highest level in a decade

Nearly half of Americans say they don’t consider themselves a part of either major political party, the highest level of ...
Pew Research Center

How the political typology groups feel about the Republican and Democratic parties

This Pew Research Center study goes beyond Americans’ partisan attachments and vote choices to explore the values and ...

Americans don’t like either political party. We asked them why.

The wide-ranging criticisms — that the parties are corrupt, subservient, "wishy washy" or unable to handle the president — signal major challenges for both sides.
Washington Monthly

Why Are Political Parties So Much Weaker Than They Once Were?

Are the parties over? Here, a general view of the scene on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, July 1960. Credit: AP Photo In 2016 and 2020, the runner-up for the ...

Study splits Americans into nine political groups. Where do you belong?

Polling 10,000 Americans, the Pew Research Center found divisions on the political left and right, plus the Tuned-Out Middle.
The Economist

Political parties are a feature, not a bug, of American democracy, writes H.W. Brands

KINGS EMBODY authority and impose order. Sack your king, as Americans did in their revolution of the 1770s, and you’ve got to find a new source of authority and new ways to ensure order. After a shaky ...

Not just working-class voters are frustrated by major parties

The college professor’s limiting the scope to working-class voters mimics the discriminating approach of the political ...