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Voters are Moving to the Right Across Almost Every Demographic, Says Massive Survey
PJ Media ^ | 08/24/2022 | Athena Thorne
Posted on 8/25/2022, 1:08:24 PM by SeekAndFind

Morning Consult has reported five years’ worth of data from over 8.6 million participants that shows a trend of America’s registered voters moving steadily to the ideological right.

“The left is losing the battle for the minds of the American electorate, Morning Consult research shows, with voters decreasingly identifying as liberal in recent years,” writes Morning Consult political reporter Eli Yokley. “But that doesn’t mean the country is lurching to the right.”

Yokley then makes an effort to pretend the trend isn’t what it looks like: “Instead, an increase in the share of Americans who identify as moderate, or who are uncertain about where exactly they stand on the ideological spectrum, reveals a growing and electorally decisive center that is discontented with either side’s extremes.”

Except that the percentage of voters who identify as conservative actually increased slightly, while only those who call themselves liberal decreased. Call me crazy but that just sounds like Democrats are turning away from far-left ideology to become more moderate:

The share of the electorate who identifies as “very liberal,” “liberal” or “somewhat liberal” on a seven-point scale has dropped over the past five years, from 34% to 27%, according to extensive annual Morning Consult survey research conducted among more than 8.6 million U.S. voters since 2017.

Meanwhile, “Even as Democratic voters drift toward the middle, the data shows that the Republican Party’s adherents are shifting further to the right — and it’s happening quickly,” writes Yokley.

Or to put it another way, the whole country is moving in a rightward direction.

This trend is concurrent with the largest group of people consistently falling into the conservative camp — 39% in 2022, from 38% in 2017. Meanwhile, the liberal cohort has shrunk from a high of 34% in 2017 to a mere 27% as of now.

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11 posted on 08/25/2022 2:36:10 PM PDT by Liz (MAN PROPOSES....GOD DISPOSES.)
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To: Liz

>>>Voters are Moving to the Right Across Almost Every Demographic, Says Massive Survey<<<

I hope and pray this is TRUE.


12 posted on 08/25/2022 2:51:10 PM PDT by Old Grumpy
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