Yes, neighbor, but what do YOU think?
Among the many findings of a new Pew Research Center survey is this data about neighborhoods, and how Americans want them to look: More conservatives than liberals want to live in a place where most people share their political views.
The survey found that, among the consistently conservative, 50 percent believe it’s important to live in a place where most think the way they do about politics. For consistent liberals, it’s 35 percent.
The divide over neighborhoods doesn’t end there. Many more liberals than conservatives want communities where the houses are smaller and closer to each other, and things like schools and stores are in walking distance. Conservatives, not so much. They prefer places where the homes are bigger and farther apart and those stores are “several miles away.”
The survey is stark by several measures, finding that Democrats and Republicans are ideologically further apart than at any point in recent history, and growing numbers of both parties have highly negative views of the other party.
It was the largest political survey in the organization’s history and polled more than 10,000 adults between January and March.