Wide Ideological Divide by Generation, Particularly Stark Within the GOP % with political values that are Consiste ently Lib Mostly Lib Mixed Mostly Cons Consiste ently Cons Among Republicans and Republican Leaners
Overall, Millennials (currently ages 18-33) are the most liberal age group. In our report on Political Polarization in the American Public, we used a scale based on 10 political values questions about the role of government, the environment, homosexuality and other issues to measure ideological consistency. This survey of more than 10,000 Americans finds that, on this scale, Millennials are considerably more liberal than other generations: About four-in-ten Millennials are mostly (28%) or consistently (13%) liberal in their views, compared with 15% who are mostly (12%) or consistently (3%) conservative (44% are ideologically mixed). Older generations are progressively more conservative.
Wide Ideological Divide by Generation, Particularly  | Stark Within the GOP  | % with political values that are  | Consiste ently Lib Mostly Lib Mixed Mostly Cons Consiste ently Cons  | AII  | TOTAL  | 22  | 39  | 12  | 18  | 9  | Silent  | 12  | 16  | 33  | 23  | 15  | Boo mer  | 20  | 35  | 21  | 13  | 13  | Gen X  | 11  | 23  | 42  | 18  | Millennial  | 13  | 28  | 3  | 44  | 12  | Among Republicans and Republican Leaners  | TOTAL  | 9  | 37  | 33  | 20  | Silent 5  | 27  | 37  | 30  | Boo mer 6  | 30  | 37  | 27  | Gen X 8  | 38  | 35  | 18  | Millennial  | 15  | 23  | 8  | 51  | Among Democrats and Democratic Leaners  | TOTAL  | 33  | 38  | 23  | Silent  | 25  | 29  | 37  | Boo mer  | 25  | 32  | 36  | Gen X  | 20  | 34  | 40  | Millennial  | 24  | 35  | 38  | Source: 2014 Political Polarization in the American political Public X(N=10 013)  | Ideologi ca consistency based on a sca leof 10 political va lues questions.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 