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As Americans prepare for Thanksgiving, most U.S. adults (59%) say their family is OK with talking about politics, while 40% say they try to avoid the subject. But the willingness of families to engage in political talk is tied to their level of political agreement, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted Nov. 7-13, 2018.<\/p>\n\n

Overall, a majority of Americans say they have at least some common ground politically with their family. A 64% majority of Americans say most or all of their family members share their political views \u2013 yet relatively few people (22%) say \u201calmost everyone\u201d in their family shares their political views. About a third overall say \u201ca few\u201d family members (26%) or \u201calmost no one\u201d in their family (9%) shares their political views.\u00a0(In this survey, respondents were asked about occasions when they get together with family members other<\/i> than those they live with.)<\/p>\n\n

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People\u2019s perceptions about how many family members share their political views \u2013 and their family\u2019s comfort level with discussing politics \u2013 have changed little since December 2016<\/a>, shortly after the presidential election.<\/p>\n\n

As was the case then, partisan differences in these views are slight: Today, two-thirds (67%) of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents and 63% of Democrats and Democratic leaners say most or almost everyone in their family shares their political views. And 61% of Republicans and 58% of Democrats say their family is OK with talking about politics.<\/p>\n\n

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Among those who say almost everyone in their family shares their political views (22% of the public), an overwhelming share (82%) says their family is comfortable talking about politics. Yet the share of adults who say their family is OK with political discussions decreases among those who say there is less agreement in their family on politics.<\/p>\n\n

About two-thirds of those of who say most of their family members share their political views (65%) say their family is OK with talking about politics; that\u2019s 17 percentage points lower than among those who say almost everyone agrees with their views. Around four-in-ten (42%) of those who say a few members share their political views say their family is OK with discussing politics \u2013 but that share falls to just 28% among those who say almost no one in their family shares their views on politics.<\/p>\n\n

Note: See full topline results<\/a> and methodology here<\/a> (PDF).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many Americans say their family is OK with talking about politics when they gather, and a majority has at least some common ground politically with family. 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