Gallup Poll Asks Americans The Wrong Question About Divided Government (Again)
And arrives at a wrong conclusion about American attitudes toward divided government (Again).
This is becoming an election year tradition at The Dividist Papers. Every year Gallup publishes this poll and every election cycle the Dividist explains why there is far less than meets the eye in any conclusion based on this poll. The latest iteration is the absurd headline/conclusion in the 2020 edition of this Gallup Poll — “New High Favors One-Party Control of U.S. Federal Government”:
41% of Americans favor unified control of federal government
23% want divided control
52% of Republicans, 43% of Democrats favor one-party control”
“WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new high of 41% of U.S. adults say it is better to have a president and Congress from the same political party. Twenty-three percent would rather have one party control the presidency and the other control Congress, while 32% say it makes no difference to them.”
