{
  "alt": "A table of thirteen institutions with the party gap and its interval in 2022-2024 among in-person respondents, and a final column naming the period from which the gap has lasted. Television has lasted since 1973-1980, the press since 2001-2010, science and education since 2011-2018, and medicine, Congress and the Supreme Court since 2022-2024. The military and organized religion have favored Republicans since 1981-1990 and 1991-2000. The intervals for companies, banks and labor include zero.",
  "caption": "Positive gaps mean Democrats are more confident, and the last column names the period from which each gap has lasted: the earliest period from which its interval stays on the same side of zero in that period and in every later period through 2022-2024, counting in-person interviews only. The executive branch gap changes sign with the party in the White House, so no period is listed for it. Rows are sorted as in the heatmap.",
  "data": [
    {
      "g3": "+19.8 [+11.8, +27.8]",
      "institution": "Scientific community",
      "lasting": "Democrats more confident since 2011-2018"
    },
    {
      "g3": "+14.6 [+9.4, +19.9]",
      "institution": "Executive branch",
      "lasting": "Reverses with the party in the White House"
    },
    {
      "g3": "+14.4 [+7.6, +21.2]",
      "institution": "Education",
      "lasting": "Democrats more confident since 2011-2018"
    },
    {
      "g3": "+10.4 [+2.5, +18.3]",
      "institution": "Medicine",
      "lasting": "Democrats more confident since 2022-2024"
    },
    {
      "g3": "+7.8 [+3.8, +11.8]",
      "institution": "Press",
      "lasting": "Democrats more confident since 2001-2010"
    },
    {
      "g3": "+7.1 [+2.5, +11.6]",
      "institution": "Television",
      "lasting": "Democrats more confident since 1973-1980"
    },
    {
      "g3": "+5.0 [+1.3, +8.8]",
      "institution": "Congress",
      "lasting": "Democrats more confident since 2022-2024"
    },
    {
      "g3": "+0.8 [−7.0, +8.6]",
      "institution": "Organized labor",
      "lasting": "None in 2022-2024 (interval includes zero)"
    },
    {
      "g3": "+0.3 [−6.3, +7.0]",
      "institution": "Banks and finance",
      "lasting": "None in 2022-2024 (interval includes zero)"
    },
    {
      "g3": "−0.8 [−7.1, +5.5]",
      "institution": "Major companies",
      "lasting": "None in 2022-2024 (interval includes zero)"
    },
    {
      "g3": "−11.6 [−18.4, −4.8]",
      "institution": "Organized religion",
      "lasting": "Republicans more confident since 1991-2000"
    },
    {
      "g3": "−13.7 [−22.1, −5.4]",
      "institution": "Military",
      "lasting": "Republicans more confident since 1981-1990"
    },
    {
      "g3": "−16.2 [−22.8, −9.5]",
      "institution": "Supreme Court",
      "lasting": "Republicans more confident since 2022-2024"
    }
  ],
  "id": "gap_onset",
  "notes": [
    "The rule counts an institution as having no lasting gap when the 2022-2024 in-person interval includes zero, whatever the earlier periods show. The survey began in 1973, so a gap that has lasted since 1973-1980 may have started earlier."
  ],
  "source": "General Social Survey, 1973-2024; weighted (weight_use); Democrats and Republicans include leaners; intervals on the Kish effective sample size",
  "spec": {
    "columns": [
      {
        "key": "institution",
        "label": "Institution"
      },
      {
        "key": "g3",
        "label": "Gap, 2022-2024, in person, points [95% interval]"
      },
      {
        "key": "lasting",
        "label": "Lasting gap"
      }
    ]
  },
  "subtitle": "Democratic share minus Republican share with a great deal of confidence, percentage points with 95% interval, in 2022-2024 among in-person respondents, and the period from which the gap has lasted",
  "title": "The television gap has lasted since 1973-1980 and the medicine, Congress and Supreme Court gaps only since 2022-2024",
  "type": "table",
  "width": "wide"
}