How serious a threat does a declining commitment to democracy pose to the United States? (August 2023)
category | Total |
---|---|
Extremely serious | 42% |
Very serious | 27% |
Somewhat Serious | 15% |
Not very serious | 5% |
Not serious | 3% |
Don't know/No opinion | 8% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Extremely serious | 45% | 33% | 45% |
Very serious | 29% | 20% | 25% |
Somewhat Serious | 14% | 21% | 14% |
Not very serious | 4% | 5% | 6% |
Not serious | 2% | 7% | 4% |
Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 14% | 6% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Extremely serious | 46% | 34% | 51% |
Very serious | 38% | 27% | 27% |
Somewhat Serious | 9% | 27% | 8% |
Not very serious | 1% | 6% | 3% |
Not serious | 0% | 2% | 2% |
Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 5% | 9% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Extremely serious | 49% | 31% | 49% |
Very serious | 25% | 29% | 23% |
Somewhat Serious | 11% | 18% | 14% |
Not very serious | 7% | 9% | 5% |
Not serious | 4% | 3% | 4% |
Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 10% | 6% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Extremely serious | 48% | 27% | 45% |
Very serious | 25% | 31% | 26% |
Somewhat Serious | 15% | 21% | 12% |
Not very serious | 4% | 8% | 4% |
Not serious | 2% | 2% | 5% |
Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 11% | 7% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Extremely serious | 35% | 47% | 61% |
Very serious | 24% | 28% | 23% |
Somewhat Serious | 21% | 18% | 5% |
Not very serious | 10% | 2% | 1% |
Not serious | 2% | 1% | 1% |
Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 3% | 9% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Extremely serious | 30% | 44% | 54% |
Very serious | 34% | 24% | 24% |
Somewhat Serious | 18% | 13% | 8% |
Not very serious | 5% | 5% | 4% |
Not serious | 6% | 4% | 5% |
Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 10% | 5% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Extremely serious | 44% | 39% | 39% |
Very serious | 29% | 32% | 24% |
Somewhat Serious | 13% | 17% | 17% |
Not very serious | 4% | 4% | 7% |
Not serious | 3% | 3% | 3% |
Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 6% | 11% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Extremely serious | 45% | 40% |
Very serious | 27% | 27% |
Somewhat Serious | 17% | 14% |
Not very serious | 6% | 4% |
Not serious | 3% | 3% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 11% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Extremely serious | 39% | 43% | 44% |
Very serious | 26% | 29% | 24% |
Somewhat Serious | 20% | 14% | 10% |
Not very serious | 7% | 4% | 5% |
Not serious | 1% | 3% | 5% |
Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 7% | 11% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Extremely serious | 20% | 32% | 51% | 57% |
Very serious | 34% | 27% | 24% | 26% |
Somewhat Serious | 21% | 22% | 13% | 8% |
Not very serious | 8% | 7% | 4% | 2% |
Not serious | 3% | 4% | 4% | 1% |
Don't know/No opinion | 14% | 8% | 5% | 7% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Extremely serious | 28% | 43% | 38% | 41% | 45% | 45% |
Very serious | 14% | 24% | 32% | 28% | 28% | 26% |
Somewhat Serious | 43% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 16% | 15% |
Not very serious | 9% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 5% |
Not serious | 2% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 3% |
Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 4% | 5% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Extremely serious | 46% | 31% | 40% | 52% |
Very serious | 27% | 29% | 28% | 22% |
Somewhat Serious | 12% | 20% | 15% | 14% |
Not very serious | 4% | 7% | 4% | 5% |
Not serious | 3% | 4% | 2% | 1% |
Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 8% | 10% | 4% |
Category | The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God. | Don't know. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Extremely serious | 40% | 42% | 49% | 28% |
Very serious | 31% | 26% | 24% | 24% |
Somewhat Serious | 15% | 15% | 15% | 17% |
Not very serious | 4% | 5% | 6% | 4% |
Not serious | 4% | 3% | 3% | 1% |
Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 9% | 4% | 25% |