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Pew Research CenterApril 22, 2016
A Wider Ideological Gap Between More and Less Educated Adults

Democrats and Republicans more ideologically divided than in the past

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A Wider Ideological Gap Between More and Less Educated Adults
Adults with postgraduate experience most likely to have consistently liberal political values
Growing shares of postgrads, college grads are consistently liberal
Growing minority holds consistent ideological views
Democrats and Republicans more ideologically divided than in the past
Highly educated Democrats are more likely than those with less education to have liberal political views
More than half of Democratic postgrads have down-the-line liberal views, up from roughly a third in 2004
More Millennials express liberal than conservative attitudes; among Boomers and Silents, the opposite is true
Wide ideological generation gap among Republicans; more modest differences among Democrats
Since 2004, large increases in the shares of Boomer and Silent Republicans expressing consistently conservative political attitudes
Growing partisan gaps in most areas, from immigration to ‘peace through strength’
Wider education differences among Democrats than Republicans on many
Sharp generational divides in GOP on homosexuality, ‘peace through strength’

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