Forty-eight percent of U.S. adults on average in 2020 identified as Democrats or were independents who leaned toward the Democratic Party, while 43% were Republicans or Republican-leaning independents. The five-point Democratic advantage is consistent with the partisan balance Gallup measured over the previous four years, and is similar to the average four-point Democratic advantage (47% to 43%) over the past two decades. …
Democrats’ advantage stretched to double digits twice in 2020 — in June, as widespread racial justice protests occurred in response to the death of George Floyd, and in December, as coronavirus infections and deaths surged to record levels in the U.S. and Trump continued to challenge the outcome of the presidential election. CONTINUED
Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup
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