AMERICANS ARE FED-UP WITH THE GAME OF POLITICS
A study called Hidden Tribes — conducted by More in Common, a pro-democracy organization — calls this group the “Exhausted Majority” and estimates they account for SIXTY-SEVEN PERCENT of Americans. The Exhausted Majority have four things in common:
They are more ideologically flexible.
They support finding political compromise.
They are fatigued by U.S. politics today.
They feel forgotten in political debate.
< Note: In the study, the rest of America falls into three “wing” categories: 1) Progressive Activists (8 percent), defined as “younger, highly engaged, secular, cosmopolitan, and angry,” 2) Traditional Conservatives (19 percent), defined as “religious, middle class, patriotic, and moralistic,” and 3) Devoted Conservatives (6 percent), defined as “White, retired, highly engaged, uncompromising, and patriotic.” > Read the entire report here.
Although Hidden Tribes uncovers some sobering news, there are also moments of hope. For example, 77 percent of the respondents “believe our differences are not so great that we cannot come together.”