PUBLIC OPINION AND IDEOLOGY

V. Distribution of the Four Ideological Groups


VI. Summary of Social and Demography Tendencies of Ideological Types

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Liberals

Under age 41 (66%)

Some college & college degree

All income levels

Strongest in West & Northeast

84% White

Slightly more women

More Jewish & "no religion"

POPULISTS

New Deal generation & older (55%)

High school diploma or less (83%)

Below $10,000/year income

Southern & Midwestern

Working class

24% non-white

Slightly more females

Slightly more Catholic

Libertarians

Under age 41 (55%)

Advanced and college degree

Middle to high income

Strongest on Pacific coast

Middle-class

96% white

More "no religion"

Conservatives

Fifties generation or older

All educational levels

Middle to upper income

Strongest in Midwest

96% white