{"id":311915,"date":"2026-06-10T14:02:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=311915"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:24:27","slug":"loyal-liberals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2026\/06\/10\/loyal-liberals\/","title":{"rendered":"Loyal Liberals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liberal across most issues, they are invested in the Democratic Party and in domestic and international institutions<\/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

Loyal Liberals have broadly progressive political values across many issue areas and a strong allegiance to the Democratic Party. Highly educated and relatively secure economically, they are strong supporters of the United States\u2019 traditional diplomatic alliances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Loyal Liberals 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

Loyal Liberals generally favor a government with a strong social safety net. <\/strong>Like Leftward Progressives<\/a>, they see healthcare as a federal government responsibility and say federal assistance to people in need should be increased. But they are far more likely than Leftward Progressives to believe the current system can provide a pathway to prosperity for Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loyal Liberals hold progressive views on many key cultural issues.<\/strong> They overwhelmingly see same-sex marriage as good for society, strongly support abortion being legal and want to see more done to ensure equal rights for Black Americans. But while they broadly support transgender rights, they express less comfort than Leftward Progressives with transgender athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loyal Liberals are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n