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Half of Americans feel the opposing party puts American identity under serious threat

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In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted April 10 to 15, 2024, when asked to think of the political party they most identify with, 48% of Americans said officials from the opposing political party put American identity under serious threat. Including 28% who said a great deal and 19% who said a lot.

Another 36% said American identity is somewhat under threat from the opposing party, while 17% said it is not much or not at all under threat, with 12% who said not much and 5% who said not at all.

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Topline scale

48% of Americans say the opposing political party puts American identity under serious threat.

Now, indicate the extent to which you think you feel American identity is under threat by officials from the opposing political party?

  • Somewhat 35.9%
  • A great deal 28.3%
  • A lot 19.2%
  • Not much 11.9%
  • Not at all 4.7%

2024 · base n 1,000 · +/- 3.5%

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Methodology

Full methodology
Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2024-04-10 → 2024-04-15
Base (unweighted)
1,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.5%
Module
2

Source

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    Half of Americans feel the opposing party puts American identity under serious threatreports.verasight.io/reports/verasight-mpsa-omnibus-survey-2024-037

Citation

Verasight MPSA Omnibus Survey #2024-037, fielded April 10-15, 2024, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.5%.

https://reports.verasight.io/reports/verasight-mpsa-omnibus-survey-2024-037#now-indicate-the-extent-to-which-you-think-you-feel-american-identity-is-under-threat-by-officials-from-the-opposing-political-party

Verasight survey methodology

How Verasight conducts surveys.

This page describes the Verasight general survey contract, separate from how the Data Library packages it. Each wave's specific field dates, sample sizes, and module breakdown are listed in that wave's report.

Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
Surveys are run as omnibus or single-topic waves. Omnibus waves are split into modules with their own respondent set, typically around one thousand respondents per module.
Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
Reporting
Every wave is published as a standalone report at verasight.io/reports with full instrument and methodology.
Transparency
AAPOR transparency standards.

Wave-specific methodology, full weighting variable lists, and verbatim instrument text live in each report at verasight.io/reports.