--- title: 11 Charts That Show How The Nation Is Politically Divided description: Just in case you thought we were all getting along better canonical: https://time.com/2927723/11-charts-how-the-nation-is-divided-politically/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-26T16:00:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:08:11.888Z article:section: Politics og:title: 11 Charts That Show How The Nation Is Politically Divided og:description: Just in case you thought we were all getting along better og:url: https://time.com/2927723/11-charts-how-the-nation-is-divided-politically/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 11 Charts That Show How The Nation Is Politically Divided twitter:description: Just in case you thought we were all getting along better twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here Are 11 Charts That Show How the U.S. Is Politically Divided by [Zeke Miller](/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Jun 26, 2014 4:00 PM CUT by [Zeke Miller](/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Jun 26, 2014 4:00 PM CUT A new survey from the nonpartisan Pew Research Center finds strains in both the Democratic and Republican coalitions, stoking concerns in each party going into this fall’s midterm elections and beyond. The group’s Political Typology survey places Americans into eight political categories, ranging from “steadfast conservatives” to “solid liberals” based on their answers to 23 questions about their political beliefs. The results show a clear divisions within each party on a range of issues. Take the [quiz](http://www.pewresearch.org/typology-quiz/ "undefined") where you fit in. ### The 2014 Political Typology:  PEW RESEARCH CENTER ### The new groups differ from the 2011 Typology (below): ### How each of the groups vote:  PEW RESEARCH CENTER ### The divisions on the Left:  PEW RESEARCH CENTER ### “Hard-Pressed Skeptics” believe government is almost always wasteful, but want it to do more to help the needy:  PEW RESEARCH CENTER ### The divisions on the Right:  PEW RESEARCH CENTER ### “Young Outsiders” are challenging the GOP’s traditional platform:  PEW RESEARCH CENTER ### Conservatives are divided over the role of the United States in the world:  PEW RESEARCH CENTER ### The center isn’t enamored with either party’s approach to the middle class:  PEW RESEARCH CENTER ### What they think about Climate Change:  PEW RESEARCH CENTER ### What they think about legalizing Marijuana:  PEW RESEARCH CENTER ### PEW RESEARCH CENTER ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2927723/11-charts-how-the-nation-is-divided-politically/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2927723/11-charts-how-the-nation-is-divided-politically/"},"headline":"Here Are 11 Charts That Show How the U.S. Is Politically Divided","datePublished":"2014-06-26T16:00:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:11.888Z","description":"Just in case you thought we were all getting along better","url":"https://time.com/2927723/11-charts-how-the-nation-is-divided-politically/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2927723/11-charts-how-the-nation-is-divided-politically/","name":"Here Are 11 Charts That Show How the U.S. Is Politically Divided"}}]}] ```