{"id":311871,"date":"2026-06-10T14:02:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=311871"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:24:24","slug":"unconventional-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2026\/06\/10\/unconventional-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Unconventional Right"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conservative on immigration and culture, but they break from those to their right on some other key issues<\/h2>\n\n\n
About this research<\/summary>\n

This Pew Research Center study goes beyond Americans\u2019 partisan attachments and vote choices to explore the values and attitudes that underlie the political landscape and the Republican and Democratic parties. We did this by creating a political typology, which classifies the public into nine groups based on their responses to 30 questions about government, economics, immigration, elected officials and other topics. To learn more about this project, jump to \u201cAbout the political typology<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did we do this?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Pew Research Center conducts research to help the public, media and decision-makers understand important topics. We have studied Americans\u2019 political values and attitudes, and their views on politics more broadly, for decades. This is the ninth version of the political typology<\/a>; the first was conducted nearly 40 years ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Pew Research Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did we do this?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We surveyed 10,357 U.S. adults from Nov. 17 to 30, 2025. Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Center\u2019s American Trends Panel. The survey represents the views of the full U.S. adult population. We then used a statistical technique called cluster analysis to divide people into nine groups. (For more on the process of dividing people into groups and surveys used for analysis, jump to Appendix B<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the survey questions<\/a>\u00a0used for this analysis, the detailed responses<\/a> and the survey methodology<\/a>.<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Unconventional Right are a Republican-oriented group with conservative values in many areas \u2013 but not across the board. Largely supportive of restrictions on immigration and concerned about its impact on the country, they are also skeptical of efforts to promote diversity in workplaces and schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Allie Sullberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Unconventional Right are one of nine groups in Pew Research Center\u2019s 2026 Political Typology. To learn more about the typology, start with the overview<\/a><\/em>. To find which group is your best fit, take the quiz<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Unconventional Right are generally in favor of smaller government, they are more divided over the role of government<\/strong> in healthcare, education and aid to lower-income Americans. And on some social and cultural issues, including abortion, their views are more mixed. In contrast to groups to the right of them, they are uncomfortable with looser gun laws and are not as opposed to same\u2011sex marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who voted in 2024 largely backed Donald Trump, but their support has softened. <\/strong>While they were not as strong in their support for Trump in 2024 as some other groups, they voted for him by a wide margin (79% vs. 16% for Kamala Harris among those who voted). Trump\u2019s standing among Unconventional Right has fallen off more steeply than among most other groups: As of April, 53% approve of Trump\u2019s handling of his job, down from 78% in the weeks after he was sworn in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unconventional Right are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n