Each month, I&I/TIPP asks respondents to its poll the same question: "In general would you say the United States is: 1.) Very united. 2.) Somewhat united. 3.) Somewhat divided. 4.) Very divided."
Among the 1,320 adults across the country who responded to the online poll, a meager 24% said the U.S. was "United." That further broke down to only 10% saying we were "Very united" and 15% saying we were "Somewhat united."
The "Divided" number was overwhelming: 71% "Divided" vs. 24% "United." It isn't even close.
Among the three major political groupings - Democrat, Republican and independent/other - Democrats were the most likely to believe Americans were united rather than divided.
A pessimist might note that our monthly Unity Index in May, created from our underlying polling data, was at its second lowest level ever, 29.2.
The poll clearly shows a trend toward a weakening sense of unity as American society splits along a number of political, cultural and social fault lines.
As our I&I/TIPP polls almost always show, Americans have sharply divided political views on nearly every topic imaginable, including climate change, health care, immigration, religion, marriage, education, spending, taxes, the size of government, welfare, race, inequality, elections and voting, you name it.
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Another Biden Fail: Unity Index Shows Divisions Deepening
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