This survey shows the preference of conservatives and liberals in the U.S. regarding the size of the community they are living in, as of 2014. As of 2014, about 46 percent of consistent liberals questioned preferred to live in a city.
If you could live anywhere in the U.S., would you prefer a city, a suburb, a small town, or a rural area?
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Statistics on Political division in the United States
Voting and elections
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Political affiliation
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- Premium Statistic Major political party identification U.S. 2000-2022
- Premium Statistic Political party identification in the U.S. 2010-2022
- Basic Statistic Level of support for capitalism. by party affiliation U.S. 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic Level of support for socialism by party affiliation U.S. 2000-2021
Public trust
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- Premium Statistic Trust in government by political ideology U.S. 1972-2022
- Premium Statistic Level of trust in major U.S. institutions 2021, by institution and political party
- Basic Statistic Confidence in political parties to protect the U.S. from external threats 2005-2021
- Premium Statistic Level of support for government intervention in society in the U.S. 2000-2021
Social issues
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- Basic Statistic Support for same-sex marriage in the United States 2016-2021, by political party
- Basic Statistic Support for abortion by party and level of legalization U.S. 2022
- Basic Statistic Support for Medicare-for-all among adults by party U.S. 2020
- Premium Statistic Share of Americans who favor restrictions on guns, by restriction and party 2021
- Premium Statistic Public opinion on a Southern-border wall in the U.S., by political party 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults' belief in human-caused climate change by party and knowledge level 2019
- Premium Statistic Share of support for police reform proposals by party U.S. 2020
- Premium Statistic Opinion of U.S. adults on whether billionaires should pay a wealth tax by party 2020
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- US knowledge of deaths due to inability to pay for treatment 2019, by party
- Attachment to the European Union in France 2018, by political orientation
- Spaniards self-identifying as left-wing supporters 2019, by age group
- France: number of National Assembly members by political group May 2018
- Importance of high street to local communities in Great Britain 2014
- Spaniards self-identifying as right-wing supporters 2019, by age group
- Opinions on opioid policies for U.S. cancer patients 2019, by political affiliation
- Trust towards news and domestic media in Finland 2022, by political stance
- U.S. opinion on teen e-cigarette use as alternative in 2019, by political orientation
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Pew Research Center. (June 12, 2014). If you could live anywhere in the U.S., would you prefer a city, a suburb, a small town, or a rural area? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 20, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/418769/preferred-community-size-in-the-us-by-political-orientation/
Pew Research Center. "If you could live anywhere in the U.S., would you prefer a city, a suburb, a small town, or a rural area?." Chart. June 12, 2014. Statista. Accessed March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/418769/preferred-community-size-in-the-us-by-political-orientation/
Pew Research Center. (2014). If you could live anywhere in the U.S., would you prefer a city, a suburb, a small town, or a rural area?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/418769/preferred-community-size-in-the-us-by-political-orientation/
Pew Research Center. "If You Could Live Anywhere in The U.S., Would You Prefer a City, a Suburb, a Small Town, or a Rural Area?." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jun 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/418769/preferred-community-size-in-the-us-by-political-orientation/
Pew Research Center, If you could live anywhere in the U.S., would you prefer a city, a suburb, a small town, or a rural area? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/418769/preferred-community-size-in-the-us-by-political-orientation/ (last visited March 20, 2023)
If you could live anywhere in the U.S., would you prefer a city, a suburb, a small town, or a rural area? [Graph], Pew Research Center, June 12, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/418769/preferred-community-size-in-the-us-by-political-orientation/