Overview
- Pew Research Center published the 2026 political typology on June 10, 2026, using a nationally representative November 2025 survey of 10,357 adults to identify nine distinct political groups.
- Researchers used cluster analysis on responses to 30 questions about government, economics, immigration and social values to create the nine groups and published full methods, cross-tabs and a public quiz.
- The typology finds most Americans occupy a politically mixed center made up of five groups, while smaller, strongly partisan groups — notably No Apologies Right and Faith First Conservatives on the right and Leftward Progressives and Loyal Liberals on the left — drive much of the national debate.
- About 25% of adults say neither major party represents them well, with the Left-Out Left (39%) and Leftward Progressives (31%) especially likely to feel politically unrepresented.
- The report shows party feeling ratings and perceptions of party differences track group leanings and warns the findings are a late-2025 snapshot rather than a forecast, meaning the typology can inform how coalitions form but cannot predict individual votes.