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  "alt": "Line chart of the percent saying religion is important, by survey year, for Democrats, Republicans and all respondents. The Democratic and Republican lines start together near {fact:rel_all_1980} and stay together until 2000, then separate, the Democratic line falling to {fact:rel_dem_2024} while the Republican line stays near {fact:rel_rep_2024}. The dashed pooled line lies between them.",
  "caption": "Among Democrats the share falls from {fact:rel_dem_1980} to {fact:rel_dem_2024} while among Republicans it moves from {fact:rel_rep_1980} to {fact:rel_rep_2024}; the dashed pooled line falls from {fact:rel_all_1980} to {fact:rel_all_2024}. Lines are weighted shares with 95% bands. The views show the question chosen for abortion and racial resentment.",
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    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 39.1846,
      "conf_low": 34.3772,
      "estimate": 36.7809,
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      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1980
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 38.9832,
      "conf_low": 33.8644,
      "estimate": 36.4238,
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      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1982
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    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 38.4596,
      "conf_low": 34.41,
      "estimate": 36.4348,
      "n": 2171,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1984
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    {
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      "conf_low": 37.213,
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      "year": 1986
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      "conf_low": 33.5199,
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      "year": 1988
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    {
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      "conf_low": 37.9791,
      "estimate": 40.1656,
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    {
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      "conf_low": 44.7626,
      "estimate": 46.7614,
      "n": 2406,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1992
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    {
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      "conf_low": 37.9329,
      "estimate": 40.4953,
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      "year": 1994
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    {
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      "conf_low": 37.6315,
      "estimate": 40.2627,
      "n": 1679,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1996
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    {
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      "conf_high": 43.5728,
      "conf_low": 37.6791,
      "estimate": 40.626,
      "n": 1258,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1998
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    {
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      "conf_low": 37.7684,
      "estimate": 40.3269,
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      "year": 2000
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      "conf_low": 32.7399,
      "estimate": 35.9425,
      "n": 1047,
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      "year": 2004
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    {
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      "conf_low": 36.3601,
      "estimate": 40.0979,
      "n": 1031,
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      "year": 2008
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    {
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      "conf_high": 46.1585,
      "conf_low": 42.7367,
      "estimate": 44.4476,
      "n": 5855,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2012
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    {
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      "conf_low": 43.1831,
      "estimate": 44.9926,
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      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2016
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    {
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      "conf_high": 51.1662,
      "conf_low": 48.1734,
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      "n": 7900,
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      "year": 2020
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    {
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      "conf_low": 46.8931,
      "estimate": 48.9078,
      "n": 5021,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2024
    },
    {
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      "conf_low": 33.9767,
      "estimate": 37.3283,
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    {
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      "conf_high": 39.4915,
      "conf_low": 32.5733,
      "estimate": 36.0324,
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    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 42.4211,
      "conf_low": 36.4548,
      "estimate": 39.438,
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    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 43.8646,
      "conf_low": 37.945,
      "estimate": 40.9048,
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    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 40.0849,
      "conf_low": 33.9024,
      "estimate": 36.9936,
      "n": 938,
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      "year": 1988
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 46.3865,
      "conf_low": 40.2197,
      "estimate": 43.3031,
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      "year": 1990
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 55.5951,
      "conf_low": 49.9327,
      "estimate": 52.7639,
      "n": 1201,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 1992
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    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 50.1867,
      "conf_low": 42.529,
      "estimate": 46.3578,
      "n": 810,
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      "year": 1994
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 49.7896,
      "conf_low": 42.398,
      "estimate": 46.0938,
      "n": 879,
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      "year": 1996
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 51.3605,
      "conf_low": 43.0259,
      "estimate": 47.1932,
      "n": 647,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 1998
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 50.9187,
      "conf_low": 43.4579,
      "estimate": 47.1883,
      "n": 868,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2000
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 49.4421,
      "conf_low": 39.7141,
      "estimate": 44.5781,
      "n": 498,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2004
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 56.1787,
      "conf_low": 45.8559,
      "estimate": 51.0173,
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      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2008
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 61.3926,
      "conf_low": 56.5426,
      "estimate": 58.9676,
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      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2012
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 63.015,
      "conf_low": 57.7149,
      "estimate": 60.3649,
      "n": 1915,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2016
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 74.1102,
      "conf_low": 70.1126,
      "estimate": 72.1114,
      "n": 3713,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2020
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 76.2289,
      "conf_low": 71.1526,
      "estimate": 73.6908,
      "n": 2459,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2024
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 37.8901,
      "conf_low": 29.6881,
      "estimate": 33.7891,
      "n": 512,
      "series": "Republicans",
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    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 40.6457,
      "conf_low": 31.5765,
      "estimate": 36.1111,
      "n": 432,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1982
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 35.9747,
      "conf_low": 29.6795,
      "estimate": 32.8271,
      "n": 856,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1984
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 41.6401,
      "conf_low": 34.7139,
      "estimate": 38.177,
      "n": 757,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1986
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 36.7017,
      "conf_low": 30.211,
      "estimate": 33.4563,
      "n": 813,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1988
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 42.2387,
      "conf_low": 35.0146,
      "estimate": 38.6266,
      "n": 699,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1990
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 41.9028,
      "conf_low": 35.5077,
      "estimate": 38.7053,
      "n": 896,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1992
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 37.6979,
      "conf_low": 30.15,
      "estimate": 33.924,
      "n": 727,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1994
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 37.8548,
      "conf_low": 29.6442,
      "estimate": 33.7495,
      "n": 642,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1996
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 36.3562,
      "conf_low": 27.0954,
      "estimate": 31.7258,
      "n": 459,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1998
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 34.8887,
      "conf_low": 27.1613,
      "estimate": 31.025,
      "n": 664,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2000
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 30.1941,
      "conf_low": 21.2605,
      "estimate": 25.7273,
      "n": 433,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2004
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 35.2681,
      "conf_low": 23.2673,
      "estimate": 29.2677,
      "n": 293,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2008
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 31.5675,
      "conf_low": 26.448,
      "estimate": 29.0078,
      "n": 1987,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2012
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 29.9984,
      "conf_low": 24.947,
      "estimate": 27.4727,
      "n": 1715,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2016
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 25.9316,
      "conf_low": 22.0822,
      "estimate": 24.0069,
      "n": 3289,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2020
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Abortion",
      "conf_high": 23.838,
      "conf_low": 18.8646,
      "estimate": 21.3513,
      "n": 2207,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2024
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 58.3584,
      "conf_low": 52.376,
      "estimate": 55.3672,
      "n": 1062,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1986
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 59.8791,
      "conf_low": 55.2412,
      "estimate": 57.5601,
      "n": 1746,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1988
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 57.433,
      "conf_low": 51.1502,
      "estimate": 54.2916,
      "n": 967,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1990
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 63.1173,
      "conf_low": 59.0572,
      "estimate": 61.0873,
      "n": 2227,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1992
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 65.8948,
      "conf_low": 60.8912,
      "estimate": 63.393,
      "n": 1749,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1994
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 54.5592,
      "conf_low": 48.9746,
      "estimate": 51.7669,
      "n": 1532,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2000
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 59.6134,
      "conf_low": 53.024,
      "estimate": 56.3187,
      "n": 1058,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2004
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 60.3839,
      "conf_low": 55.0703,
      "estimate": 57.7271,
      "n": 2079,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2008
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 52.6856,
      "conf_low": 49.1208,
      "estimate": 50.9032,
      "n": 5484,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2012
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 42.2055,
      "conf_low": 38.3552,
      "estimate": 40.2803,
      "n": 3626,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2016
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 31.8818,
      "conf_low": 29.0285,
      "estimate": 30.4552,
      "n": 7367,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2020
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 32.6679,
      "conf_low": 28.9035,
      "estimate": 30.7857,
      "n": 4902,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2024
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 54.2773,
      "conf_low": 45.9048,
      "estimate": 50.0911,
      "n": 549,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 1986
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 56.3006,
      "conf_low": 49.4966,
      "estimate": 52.8986,
      "n": 828,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 1988
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 56.6701,
      "conf_low": 47.714,
      "estimate": 52.1921,
      "n": 479,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 1990
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 57.3484,
      "conf_low": 51.4452,
      "estimate": 54.3968,
      "n": 1100,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 1992
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 61.9931,
      "conf_low": 54.4848,
      "estimate": 58.2389,
      "n": 826,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 1994
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 49.2523,
      "conf_low": 41.2029,
      "estimate": 45.2276,
      "n": 743,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2000
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 50.8947,
      "conf_low": 41.1739,
      "estimate": 46.0343,
      "n": 502,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2004
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 52.9329,
      "conf_low": 45.6549,
      "estimate": 49.2939,
      "n": 1212,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2008
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 42.77,
      "conf_low": 37.7554,
      "estimate": 40.2627,
      "n": 2880,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2012
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 28.3072,
      "conf_low": 23.2127,
      "estimate": 25.7599,
      "n": 1669,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2016
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 15.3012,
      "conf_low": 12.1164,
      "estimate": 13.7088,
      "n": 3441,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2020
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 16.9894,
      "conf_low": 12.8241,
      "estimate": 14.9067,
      "n": 2393,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2024
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 65.9133,
      "conf_low": 56.0119,
      "estimate": 60.9626,
      "n": 374,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1986
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 64.9837,
      "conf_low": 57.8576,
      "estimate": 61.4206,
      "n": 718,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1988
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 61.2316,
      "conf_low": 51.134,
      "estimate": 56.1828,
      "n": 372,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1990
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 71.8344,
      "conf_low": 65.5499,
      "estimate": 68.6921,
      "n": 841,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1992
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 72.3428,
      "conf_low": 64.978,
      "estimate": 68.6604,
      "n": 733,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1994
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 61.1553,
      "conf_low": 52.3879,
      "estimate": 56.7716,
      "n": 595,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2000
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 71.7245,
      "conf_low": 62.1583,
      "estimate": 66.9414,
      "n": 438,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2004
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 74.1603,
      "conf_low": 65.6303,
      "estimate": 69.8953,
      "n": 598,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2008
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 66.5633,
      "conf_low": 60.9377,
      "estimate": 63.7505,
      "n": 1852,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2012
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 60.4005,
      "conf_low": 54.365,
      "estimate": 57.3828,
      "n": 1474,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2016
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 51.5469,
      "conf_low": 46.8561,
      "estimate": 49.2015,
      "n": 3042,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2020
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Racial resentment",
      "conf_high": 50.802,
      "conf_low": 44.6879,
      "estimate": 47.7449,
      "n": 2167,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2024
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 77.5134,
      "conf_low": 72.9873,
      "estimate": 75.2504,
      "n": 1398,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1980
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 81.0956,
      "conf_low": 77.4602,
      "estimate": 79.2779,
      "n": 1911,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1984
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 80.9853,
      "conf_low": 76.0642,
      "estimate": 78.5247,
      "n": 1071,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1986
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    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 79.7818,
      "conf_low": 75.9,
      "estimate": 77.8409,
      "n": 1760,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1988
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    {
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      "conf_high": 80.9618,
      "conf_low": 77.363,
      "estimate": 79.1624,
      "n": 1958,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1990
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 80.157,
      "conf_low": 76.7854,
      "estimate": 78.4712,
      "n": 2295,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1992
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 79.106,
      "conf_low": 74.7448,
      "estimate": 76.9254,
      "n": 1760,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1994
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    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 80.4153,
      "conf_low": 76.0182,
      "estimate": 78.2168,
      "n": 1706,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1996
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    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 79.7469,
      "conf_low": 74.7344,
      "estimate": 77.2406,
      "n": 1270,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 1998
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 78.428,
      "conf_low": 74.0403,
      "estimate": 76.2342,
      "n": 1799,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2000
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 78.0769,
      "conf_low": 72.723,
      "estimate": 75.4,
      "n": 1504,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2002
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 79.8725,
      "conf_low": 74.6603,
      "estimate": 77.2664,
      "n": 1203,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2004
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 73.8052,
      "conf_low": 69.1774,
      "estimate": 71.4913,
      "n": 2309,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2008
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 68.7421,
      "conf_low": 65.515,
      "estimate": 67.1285,
      "n": 5882,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2012
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 66.8116,
      "conf_low": 63.3574,
      "estimate": 65.0845,
      "n": 4243,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2016
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 67.9515,
      "conf_low": 65.1915,
      "estimate": 66.5715,
      "n": 8249,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2020
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 67.6651,
      "conf_low": 64.0192,
      "estimate": 65.8422,
      "n": 5494,
      "series": "All respondents",
      "year": 2024
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 78.3695,
      "conf_low": 72.0483,
      "estimate": 75.2089,
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      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 1980
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 82.5357,
      "conf_low": 77.2858,
      "estimate": 79.9107,
      "n": 896,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 1984
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 83.5709,
      "conf_low": 76.7344,
      "estimate": 80.1527,
      "n": 524,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 1986
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 83.0865,
      "conf_low": 77.6837,
      "estimate": 80.3851,
      "n": 831,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 1988
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 83.6892,
      "conf_low": 78.8606,
      "estimate": 81.2749,
      "n": 1004,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 1990
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 81.8501,
      "conf_low": 77.1465,
      "estimate": 79.4983,
      "n": 1138,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 1992
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 80.2911,
      "conf_low": 73.9087,
      "estimate": 77.0999,
      "n": 829,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 1994
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 81.9448,
      "conf_low": 75.934,
      "estimate": 78.9394,
      "n": 891,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 1996
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 80.2701,
      "conf_low": 73.2482,
      "estimate": 76.7591,
      "n": 652,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 1998
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 78.5794,
      "conf_low": 72.217,
      "estimate": 75.3982,
      "n": 887,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2000
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 76.2129,
      "conf_low": 67.9539,
      "estimate": 72.0834,
      "n": 698,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2002
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 78.8987,
      "conf_low": 71.1319,
      "estimate": 75.0153,
      "n": 588,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2004
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 71.7797,
      "conf_low": 65.3855,
      "estimate": 68.5826,
      "n": 1358,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2008
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 63.4828,
      "conf_low": 58.6807,
      "estimate": 61.0818,
      "n": 3086,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2012
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 59.78,
      "conf_low": 54.4408,
      "estimate": 57.1104,
      "n": 1930,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2016
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 59.2397,
      "conf_low": 54.8995,
      "estimate": 57.0696,
      "n": 3830,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2020
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 56.7975,
      "conf_low": 51.2549,
      "estimate": 54.0262,
      "n": 2636,
      "series": "Democrats",
      "year": 2024
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 81.1588,
      "conf_low": 73.6529,
      "estimate": 77.4059,
      "n": 478,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1980
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 81.3727,
      "conf_low": 75.5663,
      "estimate": 78.4695,
      "n": 771,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1984
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 84.1986,
      "conf_low": 76.2181,
      "estimate": 80.2083,
      "n": 384,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1986
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 81.2924,
      "conf_low": 75.2775,
      "estimate": 78.2849,
      "n": 723,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1988
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 81.9855,
      "conf_low": 75.9834,
      "estimate": 78.9845,
      "n": 709,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1990
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 82.2147,
      "conf_low": 76.7753,
      "estimate": 79.495,
      "n": 851,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1992
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 81.9882,
      "conf_low": 75.5286,
      "estimate": 78.7584,
      "n": 740,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1994
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 82.0207,
      "conf_low": 74.939,
      "estimate": 78.4799,
      "n": 652,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1996
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 81.9678,
      "conf_low": 73.712,
      "estimate": 77.8399,
      "n": 462,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 1998
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 82.2312,
      "conf_low": 75.4728,
      "estimate": 78.852,
      "n": 677,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2000
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 83.4068,
      "conf_low": 76.014,
      "estimate": 79.7104,
      "n": 668,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2002
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 83.4664,
      "conf_low": 75.6286,
      "estimate": 79.5475,
      "n": 480,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2004
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 81.8161,
      "conf_low": 74.3959,
      "estimate": 78.106,
      "n": 652,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2008
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 77.7083,
      "conf_low": 72.8463,
      "estimate": 75.2773,
      "n": 1991,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2012
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 79.3816,
      "conf_low": 74.6309,
      "estimate": 77.0062,
      "n": 1722,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2016
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 80.5501,
      "conf_low": 76.9472,
      "estimate": 78.7486,
      "n": 3435,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2020
    },
    {
      "attitude": "Religion",
      "conf_high": 80.9488,
      "conf_low": 76.2359,
      "estimate": 78.5923,
      "n": 2450,
      "series": "Republicans",
      "year": 2024
    }
  ],
  "id": "party_levels",
  "notes": [
    "Questions chosen to stand for each attitude: religion important (yes or no); abortion: by law a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion; racial resentment: agree strongly or somewhat that if blacks would only try harder they could be just as well off as whites."
  ],
  "source": "ANES Cumulative Data File, 1980-2024; weighted (VCF0009z)",
  "spec": {
    "colors": {
      "All respondents": "total",
      "Democrats": "dem",
      "Republicans": "rep"
    },
    "dashed": [
      "All respondents"
    ],
    "hi": "conf_high",
    "lo": "conf_low",
    "n": "n",
    "series": "series",
    "x": "year",
    "xDomain": [
      1978,
      2026
    ],
    "xFormat": {
      "digits": 0
    },
    "xLabel": "Survey year",
    "y": "estimate",
    "yDomain": [
      0,
      100
    ],
    "yFormat": {
      "digits": 0
    },
    "yLabel": "Percent saying religion is important in their life"
  },
  "subtitle": "Weighted percent giving one answer to the question chosen to stand for each attitude, by party (leaners included) and for all respondents, ANES 1980-2024, 95% intervals",
  "table": {
    "columns": [
      {
        "key": "attitude",
        "label": "Attitude"
      },
      {
        "key": "series",
        "label": "Group"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "digits": 0
        },
        "key": "year",
        "label": "Survey year"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "digits": 1
        },
        "key": "estimate",
        "label": "Percent"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "digits": 1
        },
        "key": "conf_low",
        "label": "Lower 95% bound"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "digits": 1
        },
        "key": "conf_high",
        "label": "Upper 95% bound"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "digits": 0
        },
        "key": "n",
        "label": "Respondents"
      }
    ]
  },
  "title": "The share saying religion is important fell among Democrats and stayed level among Republicans, so the pooled trend hides the party gap",
  "type": "line",
  "views": [
    {
      "caption": "Among Democrats the share falls from {fact:rel_dem_1980} to {fact:rel_dem_2024} while among Republicans it moves from {fact:rel_rep_1980} to {fact:rel_rep_2024}; the dashed pooled line falls from {fact:rel_all_1980} to {fact:rel_all_2024}. Lines are weighted shares with 95% bands.",
      "filter": {
        "attitude": "Religion"
      },
      "id": "religion",
      "label": "Religion",
      "spec": {
        "yLabel": "Percent saying religion is important in their life"
      },
      "title": "The share saying religion is important fell among Democrats and stayed level among Republicans"
    },
    {
      "caption": "Among Democrats the share rises from {fact:ab_dem_1980} to {fact:ab_dem_2024} while among Republicans it falls from {fact:ab_rep_1980} to {fact:ab_rep_2024}; the dashed pooled line moves from {fact:ab_all_1980} to {fact:ab_all_2024}. Lines are weighted shares with 95% bands.",
      "filter": {
        "attitude": "Abortion"
      },
      "id": "abortion",
      "label": "Abortion",
      "spec": {
        "yLabel": "Percent saying a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion"
      },
      "title": "The share saying abortion should always be available rose among Democrats and fell among Republicans"
    },
    {
      "caption": "Among Democrats the share falls from {fact:rr_dem_1986} in 1986 to {fact:rr_dem_2024} and among Republicans from {fact:rr_rep_1986} to {fact:rr_rep_2024}; the dashed pooled line moves from {fact:rr_all_1986} to {fact:rr_all_2024}. Lines are weighted shares with 95% bands.",
      "filter": {
        "attitude": "Racial resentment"
      },
      "id": "race",
      "label": "Racial resentment",
      "spec": {
        "yLabel": "Percent agreeing Black Americans would be as well off if they tried harder"
      },
      "title": "Agreement that Black Americans should try harder fell in both parties, and fell further among Democrats"
    }
  ],
  "width": "wide"
}