Most Americans have either weird idiosyncratic views or none at all, so they default to the parties to be ideological crutches. They're also often bound by specific personalities rather than coherent ideologies. Better questions would be asking approval of policies existing outside the framework of the parties entirely, like asking about workplace control or even like directly asking people if they identify as racist.
We're the freaks for having grounded structural views you know
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Most Americans have either weird idiosyncratic views or none at all, so they default to the parties to be ideological crutches. They're also often bound by specific personalities rather than coherent ideologies. Better questions would be asking approval of policies existing outside the framework of the parties entirely, like asking about workplace control or even like directly asking people if they identify as racist.
We're the freaks for having grounded structural views you know
I mean how many people have a coherent political ideology that they can even explain? 1 in 5? I'm not sure such a poll would be all that enlightening.