Education, gender, and generation gaps in party ID are now larger than ever

One of the many topics that Pew Research releases polls about is the subject of political party identification (or “party ID”). Every even-numbered year before a national election, you can count on them surveying on that. Party ID is a little different than just counting up the number of people registered with each party in each state, which is also an important measure if you’re looking at a specific state. But “party ID” is more helpful than that. For one thing, a number of states don’t even have registration by party, so you can never pin down a truly national number.