# Any data on people who vote Republican out of aversion for left rather than an embrace of the right?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-data-on-people-who-vote-republican-out-of-aversion-for-left-rather-than-an-embrace-of-the-right/843793
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [November 21, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-data-on-people-who-vote-republican-out-of-aversion-for-left-rather-than-an-embrace-of-the-right/843793 "2019-11-21T20:38:47Z")
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### Author:  [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-data-on-people-who-vote-republican-out-of-aversion-for-left-rather-than-an-embrace-of-the-right/843793/1 "2019-11-21T20:38:47Z")
I’m wondering if any legit studies or polls exist that attempt to identify reasons why people vote Republican (and/or for Trump) that include some attempt at determining whether the voter really supports the Republican platform/conservative ideas/etc. or whether they just “hate PC culture, libtards and SJW’s”. Anyone know of such studies? Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-data-on-people-who-vote-republican-out-of-aversion-for-left-rather-than-an-embrace-of-the-right/843793/2 "2019-11-21T22:22:11Z")
According to [this source from two years ago](https://www.people-press.org/2017/10/05/8-partisan-animosity-personal-politics-views-of-trump/), 43% of Republicans consider themselves Republican because they oppose what Democrats stand for.
(It’s similar for the Democrats, too; 40% of them say they are D’s because they oppose what Republicans stand for.)
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-data-on-people-who-vote-republican-out-of-aversion-for-left-rather-than-an-embrace-of-the-right/843793/3 "2019-11-22T00:58:54Z")
The term for it is ‘negative partisanship’, where you are motivated by hate/fear of the other party than love for your own party. THere are lots of articles written about it if you want more info.
> **[Why ‘negative partisanship’ is flipping politics on its head](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/negative-partisanship-flipping-politics-head)**
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> The negativity on display in the 2016 election – from the candidates, their surrogates and the public alike – also exposed a trend in American politics that predates Clinton and Trump’s brutal showdown. Increasingly, Democratic and Republican voters...
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> In 1994, 21 percent of Republicans held a “very unfavorable” view of the Democratic Party, a 2016 Pew study found. That number jumped to 32 percent in 2008 and 58 percent this year.
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> “The animosity is mutual. And it’s growing.”
> Democratic voters have followed a similar pattern, according to Pew. In 1994, 17 percent held a “very unfavorable” view of the Republican Party. That percentage climbed to 37 percent in 2008, and 55 percent in 2016.