This survey, conducted in the United States in February 2014, shows if respondents assess today’s political climate as being more angry and bad tempered than in the past. In 2014, 69 percent of respondents thought that the current political climate is more angry and bad tempered than that of the past.
United States: Do you think that today’s political climate is more angry and bad tempered than in the past?
Characteristic
2011
2014
More angry and bad tempered today
67%
69%
No change
20%
20%
Less angry and bad tempered today
6%
5%
Not at all sure
7%
6%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents67%67%20%20%6%6%7%7%69%69%20%20%5%5%6%6%20112014More angry and bad tempered todayNo changeLess angry and bad tempered todayNot at all sure
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The source worded the question as follows:
“Some people have described the current political climate as particularly angry and bad tempered. Do you think that today’s political climate is more angry and bad tempered than it was in the past, less angry and bad tempered than in the past, or the same as it always was?”
Note: Percentages may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding
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Harris Interactive. (April 23, 2014). United States: Do you think that today’s political climate is more angry and bad tempered than in the past? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 03, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/297345/united-states-current-political-climate-angry-bad-tempered-compare-past/
Harris Interactive. "United States: Do you think that today’s political climate is more angry and bad tempered than in the past?." Chart. April 23, 2014. Statista. Accessed January 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/297345/united-states-current-political-climate-angry-bad-tempered-compare-past/
Harris Interactive. (2014). United States: Do you think that today’s political climate is more angry and bad tempered than in the past?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/297345/united-states-current-political-climate-angry-bad-tempered-compare-past/
Harris Interactive. "United States: Do You Think That Today’s Political Climate Is More Angry and Bad Tempered than in The Past?." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Apr 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/297345/united-states-current-political-climate-angry-bad-tempered-compare-past/
Harris Interactive, United States: Do you think that today’s political climate is more angry and bad tempered than in the past? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/297345/united-states-current-political-climate-angry-bad-tempered-compare-past/ (last visited January 03, 2025)
United States: Do you think that today’s political climate is more angry and bad tempered than in the past? [Graph], Harris Interactive, April 23, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/297345/united-states-current-political-climate-angry-bad-tempered-compare-past/
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