Partisanship & Issues

Despite their increasingly upbeat economic mood, Europeans show growing support for nontraditional political parties critical of the EU.

Millennials rely on Facebook for their political news, while Baby Boomers turn to local TV. And while Millennials are less engaged with political news, they trust news sources as much as older generations do.

Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz are among just seven major-party presidential candidates who have used online venues to announce entering the race since 2004.

Today, no more than about one-in-five Democratic voters see a good chance of voting for any other Democrat.

Pew Research Center has been tracking the party affiliation of the general public for over 20 years. Explore the party ID data for two dozen demographic subgroups, categorized by gender, race, education, generation, and religious affiliation.

Polls show an American public that is deeply skeptical of an agreement and shows little trust in Iran's leadership.

Nearly nine-in-ten Republicans are opposed to the 2010 health care law and roughly eight-in-ten Democrats support it. Most Americans say the ACA has not directly affected them or their family.

The national Democratic Party wants to regain some of the 900-plus state legislative seats Democrats have lost since 2009.

Republican Millennials, however, are not as supportive of marijuana legalization as their young Democratic and Democratic-leaning counterparts.