[Ask if QPartyID = 2. Democrat OR QPartyLeanView = 2. Democrats]
There has been a conversation about whether the Democratic Party should distance itself from "woke" statements and actions that were common starting around 2020. This includes things like a heavy focus on race and gender identity and the use of land acknowledgements. Which comes closest to your view on this? [RANDOMIZE 1-2]
Wording notes: 'woke' is a contested pejorative used here as the pollster's own operative term, in scare quotes | gender identity is defined into 'woke' by the stem, alongside land acknowledgements, which links it to a widely mocked practice | asked only of Democrats and Democratic leaners | no definition of 'distance itself' - respondents supply their own
loaded_terms — the item's own examples supply the frame: pairing 'a heavy focus on race and gender identity' with 'land acknowledgements' groups trans-related politics with a practice that even sympathetic respondents often treat as performative, which makes distancing the easier answer
Subgroup figures (3)
party
| Group | Democrats should not distance themselves from "woke" | Democrats should distance themselves from "woke" | Unsure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats and Democratic leaners | 42% | 35% | 23% |