Democrats and Republicans more ideologically divided than in the past

Distribution of Democrats and Republicans on a 10-item scale of political values

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Notes

Ideological consistency based on a scale of 10 political values questions. The blue area in this chart represents the ideological distribution of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents; the red area, of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. The overlap of these two distributions is shaded purple.

Source: Most recent survey conducted June 8-18.

Credit: Pew Research Center