{"id":16080,"date":"2013-03-11T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T05:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/more-republicans-than-democrats-think-their-own-party-is-out-of-touch\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:31:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:31:35","slug":"more-republicans-than-democrats-think-their-own-party-is-out-of-touch","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/03\/11\/more-republicans-than-democrats-think-their-own-party-is-out-of-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"More Republicans than Democrats Think Their Own Party Is out of Touch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2013\/02\/26\/gop-seen-as-principled-but-out-of-touch-and-too-extreme\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/03\/DN_Out_of_Touch.png\" width=\"320\" height=\"326\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About six-in-ten (62%) of Americans regard the Republicans as out of touch with the American people while 46% have that opinion of the Democrats.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Republicans are more critical of their party than Democrats are of theirs on most issues, according to a survey conducted in February.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, 36% of Republicans say the GOP is out of touch with the American people. Just 23% of Democrats say their party is out of touch. And while 30% of Republicans say their party is not open to change, just 10% of Democrats make the same criticism of their party.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A majority of independents think both parties are out of touch. About two-thirds (65%) of independents regard the Republicans as out of touch with the public; 51% say that of the Democrats.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Republicans are more critical of their own party than Democrats on the &#8220;being out of touch&#8221; measure, they overwhelmingly credit their party for having strong principles; 85% say the GOP has strong principles while 13% say it does not. The GOP also gets high marks from independents and Democrats for having strong principles. Fully 62% of independents say the Republican Party has strong principles, the most positive measure for any party trait tested. Even about half of Democrats (52%) say the Republican Party has strong principles. <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2013\/02\/26\/gop-seen-as-principled-but-out-of-touch-and-too-extreme\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over a third of Republicans (36%) say the GOP is out of touch with the American people, a figure higher than Democrats who say the same of their 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