Most Americans feel close to their community, town, and state
Poll of over 1,000 Americans also shows that Republicans tend to feel closer to their communities than Democrats.
Washington D.C., August 15, 2023 — Most Americans feel close to their community, town, and state, according to a new Ipsos poll conducted among over 1,000 Americans. At the same time, around half of Americans would move to a new community, town, or state if it would improve their work or living conditions. The poll also finds that Republicans tend to feel closer to their communities than Democrats or independents.
Key findings:
- Majorities across the board feel close to their community (70%), town (73%), state (71%), America (70%) and North America (70%).
- Republicans tend to feel closer to America (79%) compared to Democrats (65%) and independents (71%).
- Republicans also tend to feel closer to their town/city/county (81%) than Democrats (69%) or independents (70%).
- Nearly three in five Americans are willing to move to another neighborhood or community (58%) to improve their work or living conditions. Around half say they would move to another town, city, or county (50%), or another state (48%) for the same purpose.
- Just over one in four say they would move outside the U.S. (26%), levels that are higher among independents (40%) and Democrats (28%) and lower among Republicans (16%).
- Independents also are more likely to say they are willing to move to another neighborhood/community (69%), town/city/county (60%) and another state (55%).
- Majorities feel it is important to respect America’s political institutions and laws (84%), speak English (82%), and feel American (74%) in order to be “truly American”.
- Across the board, these levels are highest among Republicans (95% respect America’s political institutions and laws, 90% speak English, 88% feel American).
- A minority say they think being a Christian is important for being truly American (41%), levels that are highest among Republicans (62%) and lowest among Democrats (26%).
- Republicans tend to hold more nativist views.
- Republicans are more likely than Democrats to think Immigrants take away jobs from “real Americans” (51% Republicans vs. 13% Democrats), think the U.S. would be stronger if it stopped immigration (51% vs. 19%), and feel they would rather be a U.S. citizen than a citizen of any other country in the world (87% vs. 62%).
About the Study
These are the findings of an Ipsos poll was conducted August 1-2, 2023. For this survey, a sample of 1,005 adults age 18 or older from the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii was interviewed online in English. The survey includes 353 Republican respondents, 430 Democratic respondents, and 132 independent respondents.
The sample was randomly drawn from Ipsos’ online panel, partner online panel sources, and “river” sampling and does not rely on a population frame in the traditional sense. Ipsos uses fixed sample targets, unique to each study, in drawing a sample. After a sample has been obtained from the Ipsos panel, Ipsos calibrates respondent characteristics to be representative of the U.S. Population using standard procedures such as raking-ratio adjustments. The source of these population targets is U.S. Census 2019 American Community Survey data. The sample drawn for this study reflects fixed sample targets on demographics. Post-hoc weights were made to the population characteristics on gender, age, race/ethnicity, region, education, and political party affiliation.
Statistical margins of error are not applicable to online non-probability polls. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to coverage error and measurement error. Where figures do not sum to 100, this is due to the effects of rounding. The precision of Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll has a credibility interval of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points for all respondents. Ipsos calculates a design effect (DEFF) for each study based on the variation of the weights, following the formula of Kish (1965). This study had a credibility interval adjusted for design effect of the following (n=1,005, DEFF=1.5, adjusted Confidence Interval=+/-5.3 percentage points).
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