{"id":12771,"date":"2016-09-26T17:11:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T22:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/from-universities-to-churches-republicans-and-democrats-differ-in-views-of-major-institutions\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:18:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:18:04","slug":"from-universities-to-churches-republicans-and-democrats-differ-in-views-of-major-institutions","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2016\/09\/26\/from-universities-to-churches-republicans-and-democrats-differ-in-views-of-major-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"From universities to churches, Republicans and Democrats differ in views of major institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At a time of growing partisan polarization, Republicans and Democrats are deeply divided in their views of many issues and the opposing party<\/a>. These differences extend to their opinions about the impact of many of the nation\u2019s institutions, according to a Pew Research Center survey, and when it comes to the news media, this partisan gap is growing wider.<\/p>\n\n

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Overall, the public continues to express negative views of the news media. Fully 70% say the news media have a negative effect on the way things are going in the country, while just 22% say the media have a positive effect.<\/p>\n\n

Majorities in both parties view the news media\u2019s impact negatively, but this opinion is far more prevalent among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (85%) than among Democrats and Democratic leaners (59%). Just 9% of Republicans say the media have a positive effect on the way things are going in the U.S., compared with 33% of Democrats.<\/p>\n\n

Republicans\u2019 views of the news media have grown more negative over the past year. In October 2015<\/a>, 76% of Republicans said the news media had a negative effect; 85% say this today. Democrats\u2019 views of the media are little changed.<\/p>\n\n

Like their views of the news media, Republicans\u2019 views of colleges and universities have grown less positive over the past year. Last fall, a 54% majority of Republicans saw colleges and universities as having a positive effect, 11 percentage points higher than today.<\/p>\n\n

The Pew Research Center survey, conducted Aug. 23-Sept. 2 among 1,201 U.S. adults, also finds large partisan divides in views of labor unions, colleges and universities, and churches and religious organizations.<\/p>\n\n

Democrats are about twice as likely as Republicans to view labor unions positively (58% vs. 27%), and while 72% of Democrats say colleges and universities have a positive effect, fewer than half of Republicans (43%) say the same.<\/p>\n\n

Views of churches and religious organizations also are divided along partisan lines, though in this case Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say they have a positive effect (73% vs. 49%).<\/p>\n\n

There are smaller partisan differences in opinions about the effect that large corporations and banks and financial institutions have on the nation. Fewer than half of Republicans (34%) and Democrats (26%) say corporations have a positive impact; 39% of Republicans and 32% of Democrats say banks have a positive impact.<\/p>\n\n

Overall, only two of the six institutions included in the survey \u2013 churches and religious institutions (57%) and colleges and universities (57%) \u2013 are viewed positively by majorities of the public.<\/p>\n\n

Note: See here<\/a> for topline results of\u00a0our survey and methodology<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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