{"id":311908,"date":"2026-06-10T14:02:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=311908"},"modified":"2026-07-09T18:29:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:29:26","slug":"left-out-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2026\/06\/10\/left-out-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Left-Out Left"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democratic-leaning, with a mix of liberal and moderate views and limited confidence in the parties and the political system<\/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

Left-Out Left are a Democratic-oriented group marked by low expectations of the political system and a feeling that they are not well-represented. They largely doubt that political action will meaningfully improve their lives. And while they like the Democratic Party considerably more than the Republican Party, their evaluations of Democrats are lukewarm at best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Left-Out Left 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

Left-Out Left are liberal in their orientation toward the role of government in supporting social welfare.<\/strong> They say the government has a responsibility to ensure that Americans have healthcare coverage, adequate income in retirement and a high-quality K-12 education. They also have doubts about the fairness of the economic system and the power and profits of large corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They hold left-leaning, though somewhat moderate, views on gender and sexuality. <\/strong>They are broadly accepting of same-sex marriage and have fairly progressive views on gender roles \u2013 but they hold these views much less strongly than groups to their left. Their views are more mixed when it comes to gender identity. Most are at least somewhat comfortable with people using pronouns like \u201cthey\u201d rather than \u201che\u201d or \u201cshe\u201d to describe themselves, but a clear majority have reservations about transgender athletes competing on sports teams that don\u2019t match their sex at birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Left-Out Left are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n