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Americans, mostly women, are becoming more liberal: Gallup (thehill.com)

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American political ideology as a whole has shifted left in recent years, but women are becoming even more liberal, according to Gallup.

The survey data, released Wednesday, shows that while the country remains largely center-right, the percentage of those identifying as or leaning liberal has increased over the past three decades, and is now just 1 percent under it’s all-time high.

Roughly 36 percent of adults identify as conservative, 25 percent as liberal and the rest identify as either moderate or unsure, according to the poll.

When broken down by gender ideology, women in the youngest and oldest age groups said they were more likely to identify as liberal.

Women ages 18-29 were 40 percent more likely to be liberal in 2023, a slight decrease from 41 percent in 2022 and 44 percent in 2020, but still higher than the 30 percent in 2013. Those ages 65 and older were 25 percent more likely to identify as liberal — a slight increase from the 21 percent reported in 2013.

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[-] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 13 points 9 months ago

Does this poll support for left/right policies or just labels?

I suspect if you properly formulate and frame questions on political issues you'd end up with the US being far left.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago

Yep. I think the american public lacks words for what they align with. I also think most of the population would lean left if it weren't for all the popaganda. But I think a lot...

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 14 points 9 months ago

Then you're in a partisan bubble. The US is not even close to far left, I don't think you could even fake it with leading questions. There are far left people but there are a lot of far right and yet more center-right people too.

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[-] uis@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

I need my copy-pasta again:

American "left": maybe we shold do some student debt relief? Just a tini-tiny. If you don't mind.

Rest of the world right: universal education, more funding!

Rest of the world center: universal education, state must provide students with everything(including housing and food) so they don't worry about anything else other than learning, state must provide teachers with everything(including decent salary) so they don't wory about anything else other than teaching, state must provide universities with all necessary equipment, buildings must be maintained in good condition(so ceiling wouldn't fall on students' and teachers' heads)!

[-] Mereo@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago

Women ages 18-29 were 40 percent more likely to be liberal in 2023, a slight decrease from 41 percent in 2022 and 44 percent in 2020, but still higher than the 30 percent in 2013. Those ages 65 and older were 25 percent more likely to identify as liberal — a slight increase from the 21 percent reported in 2013.

But women of that age group need to vote! Seniors turnout is historically higher than the younger age groups and that trend needs to change.

[-] dragontamer@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Seniors will always have the retirement advantage, where they actually have time again in their lives to participate in politics.

All the more reason why its so important to push get-out-to-vote campaigns for younger people. Its the young 20-year-olds who are worried about their kid's activities or work, or things that would get distracted and forget to vote.

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[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

False. The entire political spectrum of the US has shifted right, and people haven't changed a bit. They just noticed.

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