{"id":48654,"date":"2015-04-07T09:45:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T14:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2015\/04\/07\/party-identification-trends-1992-2014\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:45:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:45:06","slug":"party-identification-trends-1992-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2015\/04\/07\/party-identification-trends-1992-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Party Identification Trends, 1992-2014"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pew Research Center has been tracking the party affiliation of the general public for over 20 years. Click the buttons or scroll down to explore the party ID data for two dozen demographic subgroups, categorized by gender, race, education, generation, and religious affiliation. Report:<\/strong> A Deep Dive Into Party Affiliation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nearly four-in-ten Americans (39%) identify as independents, 32% as Democrats and 23% as Republicans, based on aggregated data from 2014. The share of self-described independents has risen nine points over the past decade, up from 30% in 2004. Over this period, the percentage of Republicans has fallen six points \u2013 from 29% to 23% \u2013 while the share of Democrats is little changed. (Here<\/a> is a timeline of party affiliation among the public since 1939.)<\/p>\n\n\n

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