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2016 Party Identification Detailed Tables

All Pew Research Center surveys about U.S. politics and policy include questions about partisan affiliation. In 2016, from January through August, a total of 8,113 registered voters were asked the following: In politics TODAY, do you consider yourself a Republican, Democrat, or independent? (IF INDEPENDENT, OTHER, DON’T KNOW): As of today do you lean more […]

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2016 Party Identification Detailed Tables

All Pew Research Center surveys about U.S. politics and policy include questions about partisan affiliation. In 2016, from January through August, a total of 8,113 registered voters were asked the following: In politics TODAY, do you consider yourself a Republican, Democrat, or independent? (IF INDEPENDENT, OTHER, DON’T KNOW): As of today do you lean more […]

All Pew Research Center surveys about U.S. politics and policy include questions about partisan affiliation. In 2016, from January through August, a total of 8,113 registered voters were asked the following:

In politics TODAY, do you consider yourself a Republican, Democrat, or independent?

(IF INDEPENDENT, OTHER, DON’T KNOW): As of today do you lean more to the Republican Party or more to the Democratic Party? Detailed demographic breakdowns of party identification are presented here, or can be downloaded (CSV or PDF).

Report: The Parties on the Eve of the 2016 Election: Two Coalitions, Moving Further Apart

All votersWhite,Non-HispanicBlack,Non-HispanicHispanic

Party ID among black, non-Hispanic voters

Rep Dem Ind (VOL.) Other/DK Rep/Lean Rep Dem/Lean Dem No leaning Unweighted N
% % % % % % %
ALL BLACKNON-HISPANIC VOTERS
3 70 23 4 7 87 6 782
GENDER
Men 4 63 28 4 6 85 8 379
Women 2 75 18 4 7 89 4 403
GENERATION
Millennial (ages 18-35 in 2016) 3 58 33 6 9 84 7 183
Generation X (36-51) 3 70 25 2 6 88 6 227
Baby-Boomer (52-70) 3 77 15 4 6 89 5 300
EDUCATION
College grad+ 2 69 26 2 6 89 5 283
Postgrad 3 76 19 2 5 91 4 103
College graduate 2 66 30 2 6 88 6 180
Some college or less 3 70 22 5 7 87 6 498
Some college 3 66 25 5 9 85 6 241
High school or less 3 73 19 5 5 88 7 257
INCOME
$75,000+ 3 66 26 4 6 86 8 221
$30,000-$74,999 2 70 23 5 8 88 5 236
<$30,000 4 72 21 2 7 88 5 268
RELIGIOUSTRADITION
Black non-Hisp Protestant 3 73 20 4 6 88 6 571
Black non-Hisp Unaffiliated 4 65 28 3 10 87 4 100