Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for October 15, 2018
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October 15, 2018: A new study suggests that 25% of Americans are either traditional or devoted conservatives. Another 8% of Americans are progressive activists. The views of both groups are outside the American mainstream.[1]
In between, 67% represent an exhausted majority who don’t fit into either of the polarized camps and are left out of the national conversation entirely.
This data highlights the divisive nature of American politics. Other research shows that 63% of voters believe that American society is less polarized than American politics.[2]
Data from “Hidden Tribes: A Study of America’s Polarized Landscape” also notes that 80% of Americans believe that political correctness is a problem. The study quotes a 40-year-old American Indian from Oklahoma to articulate the problem: “It seems like everyday you wake up something has changed … Do you say Jew? Or Jewish? Is it a black guy? African-American? … You are on your toes because you never know what to say. So political correctness in that sense is scary.”
Wealthy and highly educated Americans are less opposed to political correctness than any other segment of the population.
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