October 19, 2024
Pew Research survey finds Democrats love abortion and big government; disdain Republicans
By Eric Utter
Pew Research recently conducted a survey of both Democrats and Republicans in order to learn more about both ahead of next month’s election.
Here is some of what they found, with my emphasis on the donkey party.
Pew discovered that the share of Democrat voters with at least a four-year college degree has doubled just since the 1990s. In 1996, 22% had obtained a bachelor’s degree, today 45% have done so.
The percentage of Democrats surveyed who say they’d prefer an even bigger government that provides ever more services was 59% just nine years ago in 2015. Today? 74%.
Even more significant, while just a few decades ago the overwhelming majority of Democrat voters identified as Christian, today fully 46% do not.
In just the past decade, according to Pew Research, the number of Democrats who say abortion should be legal in all -- or nearly all -- cases has risen by 20%, from 65% in 2014 to 85% today. Moreover, 73% of Democrats say abortion by medication should be legal in their state … and preferably everywhere.
Lastly, it isn't just Christians, limited government, and babies for which Democrats have antipathy, but also their Republican counterparts. Three decades ago, only 17% of Dems surveyed had a ‘very unfavorable’ view of their opposing political party. Today, 55% of them do. And, of course, the vast majority -- 92% -- hate Donald Trump, and by extension, his (MAGA) supporters. Meaning they disdain somewhere between a third and a half of their countrymen.
All of these findings are tied together.
more
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/pew_research_survey_finds_democrats_love_abortion_and_big_government_disdain_republicans.html
