Pew Research Center’s political typology provides a roadmap to today’s fractured political landscape. It organizes the public into nine distinct groups, based on an analysis of their attitudes and values. Even in a polarized era, the 2021 survey reveals deep divisions in both partisan coalitions.
Take our quiz to find out which one of our nine political typology groups is your best match.
Pew Research Center’s political typology sorts Americans into cohesive, like-minded groups based on their values, beliefs, and views about politics and the political system. Use this tool to compare the groups on some key topics and their demographics.
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Roughly six-in-ten Republicans (58%) describe themselves as traditional, but just 19% of Democrats say the same.
Americans who hold less consistently liberal or conservative views tend to be less engaged in national politics.
Identifying which group is the best fit for you involves comparing your answers to those from the typology groups defined using our national survey of 10,221 Americans (including 8,710 registered voters). See here for a methodological description of how we created the typology groups. For the 20 questions on the quiz used in defining the typology […]
About half of Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters describe their own political views as liberal.
Our typology provides a look at internal divisions within both the Republican and Democratic coalitions. Read more about the typology study in a Q&A.
Read a Q&A with Michael Dimock, president of Pew Research Center, on recent developments in public opinion polling and what lies ahead.
By several measures, conservative Republicans – and conservatives more generally – are more politically active than most other segments of the population.
One of the strongest reactions we have received from some quiz-takers is frustration over the either-or choices each question offers. This is a legitimate concern, but there is a reason the questions are asked the way they are: The intent is not to put people “in a box” but rather to understand how their values across multiple political dimensions are related to each other.
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