Voters this fall aren’t just sharply polarized; they’re also very angry — whether they’re Democrats, Republicans or even independents.
In partnership with YouGov, Penn State’s McCourtney Institute of Democracy has been polling Americans to assess the overall mood of the nation. …
Remarkably, our poll has found consistently high levels of anger since we began in June 2016. As you can see in the figure below, the average American remains so in our latest poll, conducted Sept. 5-9. Republicans’ anger scarcely dissipated after the party’s success in the 2016 presidential and Senate elections. CONT.
Eric Plutzer & Michael Berkman (Penn State), Monkey Cage