Polarization
Specific Measure
Percentage of people in each major political party (Democrats and Republicans) with a mostly or very unfavorable view of the other main party.
(Source: Authors' analysis of Pew Research Center data).
How does the US rank globally?
- Specific Measure: The level that society is polarized into antagonistic political camps (response options: not at all, mainly not, somewhat, to a noticeable extent, to a large extent).
(Source: Author’s analysis of Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute).
- Percentage of countries the US outperforms: 0% (out of 92 countries)
- International Rank Trend: Worsening
National Trend Worsening
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