In the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election, some commentators have argued that Americans don't believe that the Democratic Party shares their political priorities. According to a large survey we conducted immediately after the election, these critics are onto something. Americans overwhelmingly'but, it turns out, mistakenly'believe that Democrats care more about advancing progressive social issues than widely shared economic ones. More in Common, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization we work for, asked a representative sample of 5,005 Americans to select the three issues that were most important to them. We then asked them to identify 'which issues you think are most important to Democrats,' and the same about Republicans. We used broad category labels rather than asking specifically about, say, 'Democratic voters' or 'Republican candidates,' to capture general perceptions of each side. Then we compared these perceptions with reality. Let's start with reality. We...
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