# Three-quarters say their party identity is important to them

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> Indexed question in Politics.

## Reading

Party membership carries real weight for the Americans who hold one: about three-quarters of Democrats and Republicans (73%) say being a member of their party is important to them, including 28% who call it extremely important, according to a May 2023 Verasight survey.

Very important draws the largest single share at 45%, while 22% say their party is not very important to them and just 5% say it is not important at all.

## Topline

How important is being a to you?

Three-quarters say their party identity is important to them.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Very important: 44.8%
- Extremely important: 28.0%
- Not very important: 22.2%
- Not important at all: 5.0%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2023-05-16 → 2023-05-17
- Base (unweighted): 666
- Margin of error: +/- 4.0%
- Module: AAPOR 2023 Omnibus Survey #2023-036
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-aapor-2023.tiiny.co#party-importance](https://verasight-aapor-2023.tiiny.co#party-importance)

## Citation

AAPOR 2023 Omnibus Survey #2023-036, fielded May 16-17, 2023, N=666 United States adults, +/- 4.0%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-aapor-2023.tiiny.co#party-importance](https://verasight-aapor-2023.tiiny.co#party-importance)