Survey: Dems more likely to reduce family time over politics
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Democratic voters are far more likely to reduce time with family due to political differences compared to Republicans and independents, a new survey finds.
Why it matters: "It may be tense around the Hanukkah and Christmas table," Robert P. Jones, president and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), which conducted the survey, tells Axios.
- "It's not just that we're disagreeing about abortion or we're disagreeing about taxes or even immigration... but we're disagreeing about a fundamental worldview and about identity," Jones says.
By the numbers: Democrats (23%) are almost five times as likely as Republicans (5%) to say they'll spend less time with certain family members because of their political views, according to a post-election survey from PRRI.
- Democrats are now much more likely to view the Republican Party as a "serious threat" to the country than they were in 2016, before Trump was elected (50% in 2016 vs. 81% in 2024).
- Republicans are also more likely to view the Democratic Party as a serious threat (60% in 2016 vs. 69% in 2024).
What we're watching: Jones says he's hearing from people who are bringing family members together for the holidays that they are making agreements ahead of time to exclude politics from their gatherings.
Methodology: The American Values Survey was conducted online Nov. 8 and Dec. 2, 2024. The poll is based on a representative sample of 5,772 adults (age 18 and older) living in all 50 states and the District of Columbia who are part of Ipsos' Knowledge Panel®.
- The margin of sampling error is +/- 1.72 percentage points at the 95% confidence level, for results based on the entire sample.
