# Avoiding other social groups can hurt political unity

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/culture/avoiding-other-social-groups-can-hurt-political-unity/

> Indexed question in Culture.

## Reading

In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted April 9 to 15, 2025, 72% of Americans said avoiding interaction with people from different social groups affects U.S. political unity considerably or to a great extent.

About one in five said this affects political unity very little (21%), while 8% said it does not affect political unity at all.

## Topline

To what extent do you believe that the tendency of people to avoid interacting with those from different social groups affects the political unity of the United States?

72% of Americans say avoiding other social groups affects U.S. political unity considerably or more.

- Considerably: 49.6%
- To a great extent: 21.5%
- Very little: 20.9%
- Not at all: 8.0%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-04-09 → 2025-04-15
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: society
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-mpsa-2025.tiiny.co#belief-about-social-avoidance-impacting-political-unity](https://verasight-mpsa-2025.tiiny.co#belief-about-social-avoidance-impacting-political-unity)

## Citation

Verasight MPSA Omnibus Survey #2025-026, fielded April 9-15, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.5%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-mpsa-2025.tiiny.co#belief-about-social-avoidance-impacting-political-unity](https://verasight-mpsa-2025.tiiny.co#belief-about-social-avoidance-impacting-political-unity)