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In politics people sometimes talk of left and right. Where would you place the Democratic party on a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means the left and 10 means the right? {INTERVIEWER: DO NOT PROBE DON’T KNOW}
Democratic Party placement on left-right scale · Asked in 5 waves, 2004–2020 · 18,398 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Dropped as not asked: 10 'Right'. Kept and flagged: -9 (no_answer), -8 (dk), -7 (dk), 1 (other_missing), 2 (other_missing), 3 (other_missing), 4 (other_missing), 5 (other_missing), 6 (other_missing), 7 (other_missing), 8 (other_missing), 9 (other_missing).
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2012).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2012).
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Left | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 100% | 7114 | ±2 | |
| Less than high school | 100% | 283 | ±8 | |
| High school | 100% | 1578 | ±3 | |
| Some college |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANES 2020 Time Series Study Source variable: V202437. | 2020-08-18 to 2021-01-04 | mixed | 8,280 | 7,114 |
| ANES 2016 Time Series Study Source variable: V162287. | 2016-09-07 to 2017-01-09 | mixed | 4,270 | 3,504 |
| ANES 2012 Time Series Study Source variable: cses_dptyleft. | 2012-09-09 to 2013-01-13 | mixed | 5,914 | 5,007 |
| ANES 2008 Time Series Study Source variable: V085189a. | 2008-09-02 to 2008-12-30 | face to face | 2,322 | 1,761 |
| ANES 2004 Time Series Study Source variable: V045260. | 2004-09-07 to 2004-12-19 | face to face | 1,212 | 1,012 |
| 100% |
| 1871 |
| ±3 |
| Bachelor's | 100% | 1825 | ±3 |
| Postgraduate | 100% | 1447 | ±3 |
ANES 2020 Time Series Study · US citizens 18+ (face-to-face samples: contiguous 48 states and DC; web samples: 50 states and DC). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.