Pew Trust Opinion Survey

Beyond Red vs. Blue Republicans Divided About Role of Government - Democrats by Social and Personal Values

A year ago there was some press play on a Pew Trust survey about attitudes. The Dodger(s) never got around to posting, but retained the addresses of the original sites.

The Dodger(s) was interested in mapping attitudes to demographics. The core of the Republican coalition is white married people with some college but no graduate degrees making better than median money living outside of cities. Being white and married helps with the money, the only confusion is why graduate degrees predict Democratic.

http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=242

http://people-press.org/reports/tables/242.pdf


The attitude sumarry is too complicated to summarize and write something insightful in a blogging environment.

The political typology summary is that Democratic groups substantially outnumber Republican groups, but the middle groups lean heavily to Republican.

The most important advantage of the Republicans is support for going to war.

Categories of attitudes were:


Foreign Policy Assertiveness. Opinions on the efficacy of military strength vs. diplomacy, use of force to defeat terrorism, and Americans' duty to serve in the military.

Religion and Morality. Attitudes concerning the importance of religion in people's lives, the government's role in protecting morality, and social issues such as homosexuality.

Environmentalism and Regulation. Beliefs about the costs and benefits of government regulation of business to protect the environment or the public interest.

Social Welfare. Beliefs about the role of government in providing for the poor and needy.

Immigration. Views concerning the impact of immigrants on American culture and the U.S. economy.

Business Sentiment. Attitudes about the influence of business in American society.

Financial Security. Level of satisfaction with current economic status and feelings of financial security.

Anti-Government Sentiment. Beliefs about the responsiveness of elected officials, and views about government performance.

Individualism. Beliefs about whether all individuals have it within their power to succeed, or whether success is beyond a person's control.

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