<Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> (Liberals are) Predominantly white (83%), most highly educated group (49% have a college degree or more), and youngest group after Bystanders . Least religious group in typology: 43% report they seldom or never attend religious services; nearly a quarter (22%) are seculars . More than one - third never married (36%). Largest group residing in urban areas (42%) and in the western half the country (34%). Wealthiest Democratic group (41% earn at least $75,000).--Pew Research Center </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> (Liberals are) Predominantly white (83%), most highly educated group (49% have a college degree or more), and youngest group after Bystanders . Least religious group in typology: 43% report they seldom or never attend religious services; nearly a quarter (22%) are seculars . More than one - third never married (36%). Largest group residing in urban areas (42%) and in the western half the country (34%). Wealthiest Democratic group (41% earn at least $75,000).--Pew Research Center </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> <P> Roughly 19% to 26% of the American public is liberal depending on survey and method . Liberals vote mostly in favor of the Democratic Party, constituting roughly 43% of the Democratic base . Liberalism tends to be most prominent in academia and among those with higher levels of education . In 2004, 72% of full - time faculty members at four - year colleges identified as liberal . In a 2004 survey of 1,000 economists, registered Democrats outnumbered registered Republicans by a 2.5 to 1 ratio . The majority of economists favored "safety regulations, gun control, redistribution, public schooling, and anti-discrimination laws", while opposing "tighter immigration controls, government ownership of enterprise and tariffs ." Among sociologists and anthropologists, Democrats outnumber Republicans 20 to 1 . </P> <P> Over the past decades, the political outlook of Americans has become more progressive, with those below the age of thirty being considerably more liberal than the overall population . According to recent polls, 56% of those age 18 to 29 favor gay marriage, 68% state environmental protection to be as important as job creation, 52% "think immigrants' strengthen the country with their hard work and talents,"' 62% favor a "tax financed, government - administrated universal health care" program and 74% "say' people's will' should have more influence on U.S. laws than the Bible, compared to 37%, 49%, 38%, 47% and 58% among the general population . </P>

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