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Bipartisan legislators seem more effective to four-in-ten Americans

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In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted Oct. 1 to 11, 2024, 41% of Americans said legislators who work across party lines on an issue they care about are more effective than those who work only with their own party. Including 26% who said somewhat more effective and 16% who said much more effective.

About four-in-ten said the two are equally effective (39%), and one in five said legislators who cross party lines are less effective (20%), with 15% who said somewhat less effective and 4% who said much less effective.

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41% of Americans say bipartisan legislators are more effective than partisan ones; 20% say they are less effective.

How effective do you think a legislator who works with legislators from the opposite political party on an issue you care deeply about is, compared to a legislator who works with legislators from their own political party on that issue?

  • Equally effective 38.8%
  • Somewhat more effective 25.9%
  • Much more effective 15.6%
  • Somewhat less effective 15.5%
  • Much less effective 4.3%

2024 · base n 1,000 · +/- 3.4%

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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
2024-10-01 → 2024-10-11
Base (unweighted)
1,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.4%
Module
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    Bipartisan legislators seem more effective to four-in-ten Americansreports.verasight.io/reports/verasight-apsa-omnibus-survey-2024-103

Citation

Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2024-103, fielded October 1-11, 2024, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.4%.

https://reports.verasight.io/reports/verasight-apsa-omnibus-survey-2024-103#q-pol-21

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.