Democrats are actually pretty united if you ask them about issues rather than abstract ideological identifiers
. Photo: Timsa/Getty Images/iStockphoto There is no hoarier meme in American politics than “Democrats in disarray.” You know, the assumption that the Donkey Party is deeply divided between progressives and centrists, the Establishment and insurgents, the left and the middle, populist base-mobilizers and moderate swing-voter-persuaders, perpetually forming a circular firing squad and making life easier for the GOP and assorted other Bad People.
Abramowitz looked at the relative unity of voters in each party over issue positions in six areas: abortion, black rights, gun control, immigration, business regulation, and health care. Table: University of Virginia Center for Politics And when you look at levels of issue agreement for Democrats across demographic categories, the party really does begin to seem like one whose differences are more symbolic than substantive. Old folks, for example, are as likely to be “liberal” on issues as under-30s, and racial-ethnic differences aren’t dramatic either.
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