How many consider themselves conservative

Rick Santorum is a believer in 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 17, and He claims to believe in 16 but has been inconsistent. Ron Paul subscribes to 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and Are distinct ways of thinking conflated in a single item? Are the beliefs of the candidates accurately summed up? Is there a more concise way to lay all this out?

Flickr user Betancourt. Skip to content Site Navigation The Atlantic. Popular Latest. The Atlantic Crossword. The dip was also more pronounced among middle-aged Americans. There was a point dip among Americans aged 35 to 54, with just 34 percent identifying as politically conservative in May and June compared to 44 percent who said the same at the start of the year. The latest findings come about days out from the election , when President Trump Donald Trump Jan.

The latest Gallup survey results are based on combined interviews from three Gallup polls in May and June encompassing telephone interviews with a sample of 3, adults. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Newsletters Donate My Account. Research Topics. Share this link:. Hannah Gilberstadt is a former research assistant focusing on U.

Andrew Daniller is a research associate focusing on politics at Pew Research Center. The decline in self-identified conservatism in has been seen about evenly among men and women, and among all political party groups.

However, it was more pronounced among adults in upper-income households as well as among middle-aged adults aged 35 to 54 than their counterparts. The conservative falloff has also been stronger among White and Hispanic Americans than Black Americans. More broadly, in recent months, most subgroups of Americans remain more likely to call themselves conservative than liberal; however, young adults, college graduates, Black Americans and Democrats are the exceptions with more identifying as liberal than conservative.

Still, aside from Democrats, all of these groups are most likely to identify as politically moderate. As the United States has been transformed in from an economically prosperous country to one crippled by high unemployment and a sharp drop in GDP, Americans' perspective on politics has shifted. America's recent focus on racial justice may also be a factor, with the country evaluating the equity of policies related to education, employment and policing, among other systems in the U.

What has shown is that political ideology is not a fixed construct, but one that can quickly shift with the political or economic winds.