A Data Almanac of American Public Opinion

Where America Splits

Pick an issue and watch opinion divide — by party, by place, by person · CES 2006–2021
Choose a domain, then an issue

I

The partisan gap

Democrat–Republican gap
II

The geography of opinion

The CES is large enough to map opinion below the state line. Switch to counties to see the urban–rural split inside states. Counties with fewer than 50 respondents are left blank.
Support by state
III

Who holds it

Support by group (nationally, pooled & weighted) — and, within each state, which traits divide people most.
Within each state, follow one trait
Its coefficient, across states

Bigger in blue states or red?

each dot = a state · x = state Democratic vote share · line = OLS fit