Analysis: A quarter of Americans see Trump as moderate or liberal. A fifth of Americans, meanwhile, can't identify his ideology.
Before I dig into the numbers, I will admit that this may, in part, be a function of Trump’s unusual politics. Some of those who say they don’t know his ideology may be grappling with the fact that he isn’t “conservative” in the sense that former House speaker Paul D. Ryan was.
Interestingly, the percentage of people without a clear grasp of Trump’s ideology has been pretty steady over time. Republicans — the group one might expect to introduce more nebulousness about the strains of conservatism — have been less probable to say they don’t know what ideology Trump holds. Other Americans are less clear.Let’s slice the quarter of the population who doesn’t have an opinion about Trump’s ideology out of the picture.
After he took office, though, that perception faded. In 2020, he was seen as particularly conservative across the board. With the exception of the period around the 2020 election, perceptions of Trump have been pretty consistent since 2018. Which means that in the aftermath of the Capitol riot and this month, nearly a third of Americans with an opinion said they thought he was moderate or liberal. Among independents, it’s been more than a third. Among moderates, about half of those with an opinion think he’s a moderate or liberal.
There is probably no one in this nation who would find this more baffling than Donald Trump. The guy’s worked for eight years to present himself as the savior of the American right … but even a quarter of his party sees him as a moderate or worse?
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