U.S. Still Leans Conservative, but Liberals Keep Recent Gains

U.S. Still Leans Conservative, but Liberals Keep Recent Gains
STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Conservatives continue to outnumber liberals, 35% to 26% 
• Nine-point difference ties last year for slimmest in Gallup trends 
• For first time, majority of Democrats identify as liberal

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans' assessment of their political ideology was unchanged in 2018 compared with the year prior when 35% on average described themselves as conservative, 35% as moderate and 26% as liberal. 
Although conservatives continue to outnumber liberals, the gap in conservatives' favor has narrowed from 19 percentage points in Gallup's 1992 baseline measurement to nine points each of the past two years..."
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