Where Trump won by wide margins, a partisan gap in discussions of his victory % who said after the election that Trump's election and plans came up in conversation in person, over the phone plans or online - Very often Somewhat often Not too often Not at all % who said Trump's election and plans came up
A majority (62%) of Republicans and Republican leaners in counties that went very strongly for Donald Trump in the general election (those where his share of the two-party vote was at least 40 percentage points greater than Hillary Clinton’s) said that when these disagreements happened, it was better to try to find common ground. In counties that Trump won less resoundingly, or those where Clinton prevailed, Republicans were less likely to seek common ground on politics and more likely to prefer to avoid talking about differences, according to the national survey conducted Nov. 29-Dec. 12 among 4,138 adults on Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel.
A similar pattern was evident among Democrats and Democratic leaners: 59% of those living in counties where Clinton defeated Trump by 40 points or more said it was better to address political differences, while 40% it was better to avoid talking about these differences. Among Democrats in strong Trump counties, opinion was almost the reverse: 61% said it was better to avoid raising political differences while just 39% said it was better to talk about them.
The post-election survey found only modest partisan differences in how often people talked about Trump’s plans and policies in conversations in the weeks after the election.
But the geographic pattern was different for Republicans than for Democrats in counties where one side or the other dominated. In counties that went strongly for Trump, 30% of Republicans and just 14% of Democrats said the president-elect’s plans came up “a lot” in conversation. Partisan differences were more modest in other counties. And in those counties where Clinton won decisively, 31% of Democrats and a similar share of Republicans (28%) said this topic came up a lot.
Where Trump won by wide margins, a  | partisan gap in discussions of his victory  | % who said after the election that Trump's election and  | plans came up in conversation in person, over the phone  | plans or online -  | Very often Somewhat often Not too often Not at all  | Total  | 25 10  | 25  | 40  | Rep/Lean Rep  | 24  | 26  | 44  | 5  | Dem/Lean Dem 26  | 37  | 23 13  | % who said Trump's election and plans came up  | very often in conversation among  | in counties  | very where often the two-party vote share among was  | Rep/Lean Rep  | Dem/Lean Dem  | Trump by 40+ 30  | 14  | Trump by 20 to <40  | 22  | 19  | Either by <20  | 20  | 25  | Clinton by 20 to <40 27  | 31  | Clinton by 40+  | 28  | 31  | Note: Margin is the percenta ge pointalfference.among those who  | voted for either ofthe two major party candidates See methodology  | for details Refusals notshown.  | Source: Survey cond ucted Nov. 29. Dec 12 2016 County election  | returns come from Dave Leip's Atlas ofuls Presidential Elections.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 