Contrary to the conventional wisdom about our highly polarized nation, the study finds that the right and left are much smaller than we have been led to believe, and the middle is much larger. Not only does a political center exist, it represents a majority of American voters – 51 percent – who are passionate, persuadable, and very real. In addition, the study reveals that the current U.S. Congress doesn’t come close to representing the actual ideological landscape of the country, and more than a third of those in the center feel like no one in Washington is expressing their point of view.
This survey of more than 2400 people is distinctly bipartisan. It was conducted using an extraordinarily large sample size, and cutting-edge polling and analytical techniques, by Benenson Strategy Group (headed by Joel Benenson, lead pollster for Obama in ‘08 and ’12) and Neil Newhouse of Public Opinion Strategies (the lead pollster for Romney ’12.)
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