In the run-up to the 2020 election, more voters across the country identified as Democrats than Republicans.
But four years into Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidency, that gap has shrunk, and the United States now sits almost evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans.
Republicans have made significant gains among voters without a college degree, rural voters and white evangelical voters, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.
At the same time, Democrats have held onto key constituencies, such as Black voters and younger voters, and have gained ground with college-educated voters.
The report groups independents, who tend to behave like partisans even if they eschew the label, with the party they lean toward.
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Joseph R, Biden, ’, pollsters
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Republicans, Pew Research Center
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United States