All Pew Research Center surveys about U.S. politics and policy include questions about partisan affiliation. In 2016, from January through August, a
total of 8,113 registered voters were asked the following:
In politics TODAY, do you consider yourself a Republican, Democrat, or independent?
(IF INDEPENDENT, OTHER, DON’T KNOW): As of today do you lean more to the Republican Party or more to the Democratic Party? Detailed demographic
breakdowns of party identification are presented here, or can be downloaded (CSV or PDF).
Report: The Parties on the Eve of the 2016 Election: Two Coalitions, Moving Further Apart
Party ID among black, non-Hispanic voters
| Rep | Dem | Ind | (VOL.) Other/DK | Rep/Lean Rep | Dem/Lean Dem | No leaning | Unweighted N | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |||
| ALL BLACK NON-HISPANIC VOTERS |
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| 3 | 70 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 87 | 6 | 782 | ||
| GENDER | |||||||||
| Men | 4 | 63 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 85 | 8 | 379 | |
| Women | 2 | 75 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 89 | 4 | 403 | |
| GENERATION | |||||||||
| Millennial (ages 18-35 in 2016) | 3 | 58 | 33 | 6 | 9 | 84 | 7 | 183 | |
| Generation X (36-51) | 3 | 70 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 88 | 6 | 227 | |
| Baby-Boomer (52-70) | 3 | 77 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 89 | 5 | 300 | |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||
| College grad+ | 2 | 69 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 89 | 5 | 283 | |
| Postgrad | 3 | 76 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 91 | 4 | 103 | |
| College graduate | 2 | 66 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 88 | 6 | 180 | |
| Some college or less | 3 | 70 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 87 | 6 | 498 | |
| Some college | 3 | 66 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 85 | 6 | 241 | |
| High school or less | 3 | 73 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 88 | 7 | 257 | |
| INCOME | |||||||||
| $75,000+ | 3 | 66 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 86 | 8 | 221 | |
| $30,000-$74,999 | 2 | 70 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 88 | 5 | 236 | |
| <$30,000 | 4 | 72 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 88 | 5 | 268 | |
| RELIGIOUS TRADITION |
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| Black non-Hisp Protestant | 3 | 73 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 88 | 6 | 571 | |
| Black non-Hisp Unaffiliated | 4 | 65 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 87 | 4 | 100 | |
