Is the Democratic Party Welcoming?

Is the Democratic Party Welcoming?

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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Democratic Party is welcoming to people like you?"
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YesNoDon't Know
October 201639%49%13%
October 201741%45%14%
October 201843%49%9%
October 201943%46%11%
October 202043%47%11%
October 202243%45%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Democratic Party is welcoming to people like you?" Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents . Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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DemocratIndependentRepublican
October 201680%21%7%
October 201778%22%14%
October 201887%22%10%
October 201982%30%12%
October 202082%27%13%
October 202285%25%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Democratic Party is welcoming to people like you?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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Lean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
October 201676%68%89%
October 201777%64%85%
October 201884%80%94%
October 201975%72%90%
October 202064%69%95%
October 202275%73%95%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Democratic Party is welcoming to people like you?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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Lean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
October 20167%13%3%
October 201710%26%5%
October 20189%14%9%
October 201912%19%9%
October 202013%15%13%
October 202215%21%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Democratic Party is welcoming to people like you?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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LiberalsModeratesConservatives
October 201686%48%10%
October 201780%45%14%
October 201888%51%13%
October 201979%48%21%
October 202077%51%16%
October 202285%48%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Democratic Party is welcoming to people like you?" The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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Leaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
October 201687%89%80%
October 201781%84%76%
October 201884%89%90%
October 201978%82%76%
October 202077%80%72%
October 202280%91%83%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Democratic Party is welcoming to people like you?" The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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Leaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
October 201621%10%4%
October 201718%17%7%
October 201821%15%8%
October 201929%15%22%
October 202024%15%13%
October 202231%9%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Democratic Party is welcoming to people like you?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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WhiteBlackHispanic
October 201627%78%48%
October 201732%65%51%
October 201832%73%52%
October 201934%68%50%
October 202035%75%46%
October 202236%63%47%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Democratic Party is welcoming to people like you?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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MaleFemale
October 201633%43%
October 201740%41%
October 201838%47%
October 201939%47%
October 202037%47%
October 202242%44%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Democratic Party is welcoming to people like you?" Community is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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UrbanSuburbanRural
October 201654%40%24%
October 201754%40%24%
October 201855%40%32%
October 201958%41%26%
October 202054%45%22%
October 202254%44%23%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Democratic Party is welcoming to people like you?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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18-2930-4445-6565+
October 201634%48%35%35%
October 201752%44%40%33%
October 201861%52%36%32%
October 201954%51%36%37%
October 202050%44%40%39%
October 202260%44%37%37%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Democratic Party is welcoming to people like you?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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No high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
October 201641%33%38%51%41%38%
October 201731%44%37%40%41%43%
October 201844%41%41%50%42%49%
October 201940%36%43%50%45%54%
October 202033%47%42%34%43%45%
October 202237%39%43%46%42%52%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Democratic Party is welcoming to people like you?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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Extremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
October 201631%36%44%59%
October 201735%35%52%60%
October 201835%44%50%55%
October 201939%43%53%50%
October 202033%47%52%56%
October 202229%46%39%67%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Democratic Party is welcoming to people like you?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literallyThe Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literallyThe Bible is a book written by man
October 201628%36%57%
October 201733%35%62%
October 201833%41%62%
October 201938%39%58%
October 202033%40%61%
October 202236%37%64%

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