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In politics people sometimes talk of left and right. Where would you place yourself on a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means the left and 10 means the right?
Left-right political self-placement · Asked in 2 waves, 2014–2024 · 4,546 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2024).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 3,282 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 1,264 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2024).
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.
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| All respondents | 5% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 32% | 8% | 10% | 8% | 4% | 11% | 3282 | ±2 | |
| Democrats | 13% | 7% | 19% | 16% | 10% | 19% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 5% | 899 | ±5 | |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 4% | 1% | 2% | 6% | 8% | 51% | 10% | 8% | 4% | 1% | 6% | 1430 | ±4 | |
| Republicans | 0% | – | 0% | 1% | 1% | 15% | 8% | 20% | 17% | 11% | 25% | 832 | ±5 |
General Social Survey 2024 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). 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.