6 insurrection on Capitol Hill, a nationwide debate over gun reform and faltering confidence in President Joe Biden’s performance as inflation has skyrocketed to the highest levels in recent history. The survey came in the midst of a bevy of Congressional hearings over the Jan. That evidence can be seen in the amount of Democrats and Republicans who believe their opposing party are “generally bullies who want to impose their political beliefs on those who disagree,” with 73% of Republicans agreeing and 74% of Democrats saying the same. Newhouse also noted that while political polarization has increased in recent years, the new poll results contain “the starkest evidence of the deep divisions in partisan attitudes rippling through the country.” “The portrait that it paints reveals not only the growing divides we have witnessed in recent years but strong sentiments that the majority of media outlets contribute to these divisions by intentionally misleading their audiences to promote a political point of view,” they added. The poll reflects “the dangerous level of estrangement many Americans feel from each other and our democratic institutions,” the authors wrote in part. Just under half of all respondents said they felt “more and more like a stranger in my own country,” though the answers varied widely by political party: 69% of those who identified as “strong Republicans” and 65% of those who identified as “very conservative” saying they feel increasingly ostracized in the U.S. Nearly two-thirds of respondents who identified as either Republican or independent agreed the government is “corrupt and rigged” against them, compared to around 50% of Democrats. The survey also asked respondents a number of questions aimed at gleaning information on how the American public views the federal government as a whole, and to examine the ever-growing divide between Democrats and Republicans. Just 19% of those who identified as liberal agreed with the statement, compared to 20% who identified as a Democrat. The numbers varied further when broken down by political party and identification within that party, with 36% of those who identified as Republican agreeing Americans may need to take up arms against the government compared with 38% who identified as conservative. The study was conducted in May by the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics in partnership with GOP pollster Neil Newhouse, who served as lead pollster for John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign and again for Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential bid, and Joel Benenson, who served on both of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns and acted as chief strategist for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid.Īcross party lines, over a quarter of voters – 28% – agreed that “it may be necessary at some point soon for citizens to take up arms against the government.” Thirty-seven percent of individuals in both parties who own a gun identified the same way. The poll reflects “the dangerous level of estrangement many Americans feel from each other and our democratic institutions,” the authors wrote in part.Nearly two-thirds of respondents who identified as either Republican or independent agreed the government is “corrupt and rigged” against them, compared to around 50% of Democrats.
Across party lines, over a quarter of voters – 28% – agreed that “it may be necessary at some point soon for citizens to take up arms against the government".A new poll is shedding light on the distrust Americans feel towards the federal government and towards members of opposing political parties.
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