Americans, mostly women, are becoming more liberal: Gallup

According to Gallup, American political ideology overall has moved to the left in recent years, but women have become more liberal.

In the survey data, Released on WednesdayWhile the majority of the country remains centre-right, the proportion of people who identify as liberal or lean liberal has increased over the past 30 years and is now just 1 point below its all-time high. It shows that it is down by a percentage.

According to the poll, about 36 percent of adults identify as conservative, 25 percent as liberal, and the rest as moderate or unsure.

When broken down by gender ideology, women in the youngest and oldest age groups said they were more likely to identify themselves as liberal.

Women aged 18 to 29 are 40% more likely to be liberal in 2023, down slightly from 41% in 2022 and 44% in 2020, but still higher than 30% in 2013. Women over 65 were 25% more likely to identify as liberal, up slightly from the 21% she reported in 2013.

Despite the shift to the left, 2023 data shows that more women over 65 tend to be more conservative than in the past, with 40% identifying as conservative, according to the survey. are doing.

However, men’s party ideology remained relatively stable, while the left increased slightly.

Since 1999, the number of men ages 30 to 49 who identify as liberal has increased by five points, and the number of men ages 65 and older who identify as liberal has increased by six points, according to Gallup.

“The former represents a fundamental difference in the belief systems of women who entered adulthood in the past 10 years and the previous 10 years,” the pollster explained in its findings. “In contrast, the change for senior women may be due to a generational shift, with women who were once middle-aged returning to slightly more liberal attitudes as they move into their golden years.”

“The gender ideological gap has widened over time not because women and men are moving in different ideological directions, but because women are becoming more liberal at a faster pace than men. “This is the cause,” they added.

The Gallup study is based on telephone interviews from a composite survey conducted in 2023 among a sample of 12,145 adults. The margin of error for the complete sample is plus or minus 1 percentage point at a 95 percent confidence level.