Is the Republican Party Welcoming?

Is the Republican 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 Republican Party is welcoming to people like you?"
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YesNoDon't Know
October 201632%53%15%
October 201741%44%15%
October 201847%44%8%
October 201947%42%12%
October 202047%44%9%
October 202249%42%9%
October 202348%41%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Republican 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 20166%15%62%
October 201710%28%73%
October 20188%31%87%
October 201912%35%84%
October 202011%23%85%
October 202211%32%90%
October 202311%24%83%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Republican 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 20168%6%5%
October 201712%9%9%
October 20188%12%5%
October 201910%7%15%
October 202016%9%8%
October 20229%23%7%
October 20235%14%13%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Republican 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 201649%56%74%
October 201766%66%85%
October 201884%71%94%
October 201974%77%91%
October 202072%77%95%
October 202285%73%97%
October 202374%75%95%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Republican 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 20168%17%57%
October 20179%26%69%
October 201810%27%79%
October 201918%26%74%
October 202012%22%83%
October 202210%33%84%
October 202317%35%79%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Republican 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 201611%10%2%
October 201717%5%6%
October 201811%6%13%
October 201913%21%19%
October 20208%12%16%
October 202211%7%13%
October 202317%20%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Republican 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 201646%62%56%
October 201763%65%77%
October 201860%82%84%
October 201960%75%80%
October 202072%82%89%
October 202266%89%91%
October 202369%83%81%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Republican Party is welcoming to people like you?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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WhiteBlackHispanic
October 201640%3%26%
October 201748%15%38%
October 201859%17%34%
October 201958%22%36%
October 202059%21%32%
October 202262%16%36%
October 202360%27%35%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Republican Party is welcoming to people like you?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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MaleFemale
October 201628%36%
October 201743%39%
October 201851%44%
October 201952%42%
October 202050%44%
October 202254%44%
October 202352%44%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Republican 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 201624%35%37%
October 201729%41%56%
October 201834%51%59%
October 201940%48%55%
October 202034%50%57%
October 202235%49%68%
October 202346%46%55%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Republican Party is welcoming to people like you?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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18-2930-4445-6565+
October 201622%27%33%40%
October 201743%38%37%47%
October 201835%42%50%57%
October 201954%37%46%53%
October 202044%37%49%57%
October 202238%44%52%55%
October 202345%49%47%50%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Republican 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 201634%32%30%27%36%33%
October 201731%38%48%40%40%36%
October 201828%43%47%45%55%49%
October 201917%51%48%46%50%39%
October 202025%42%50%46%51%48%
October 202249%48%48%36%55%47%
October 202340%46%47%46%53%46%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Republican 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 201639%35%22%17%
October 201747%45%36%19%
October 201858%46%39%30%
October 201955%50%36%28%
October 202060%44%32%24%
October 202261%51%43%24%
October 202361%50%33%20%
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    Respondents were asked, "Regardless of how you intend to vote in the 2016 election, do you feel like the Republican 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 201636%41%18%
October 201747%48%20%
October 201864%52%25%
October 201959%53%24%
October 202063%54%20%
October 202259%56%28%
October 202365%50%35%

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