Republicans are further right than Democrats are left

“The leftward movement on the Democratic side is far less dramatic than the movement to the right on the Republican side, a trend Mann & @NormOrnstein have been writing about for much of the 21st century.” https://t.co/mkUnItb17b
Asymmetric polarization: https://t.co/pCMob9N9sQ pic.twitter.com/11FUbMQ8Zr

— Alex Howard (@digiphile) September 14, 2022

Clearly false that Dems are the more ideological party. In 2022, 60% of Dems are very liberal/liberal while 83% of Republicans are conservative/very conservative. And look at the extremes! Dems also more than 2X as likely to be moderate.

GOP = more ideological purity + extremity pic.twitter.com/u8oexo2Sv5

— Samuel Perry (@profsamperry) April 29, 2022

Just a reminder that when you hear that the left has become more radical, actual cross-time measures of Congressional ideology shows the opposite. Polarization reflects a shift rightward among Republicans. https://t.co/bikyjOfHI0 pic.twitter.com/BlQAgSD7QS

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) March 13, 2022

The Democratic Party is not extreme. Biden was probably the most moderate of the candidates for the 2016 Democratic nomination. New York Democrats picked a moderate for mayor. https://t.co/teg48duMoe

— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) December 15, 2022