Axios Poll: Dems Call Republicans Racist, Sexist, Bigoted

Democrats and Republicans alike think people from the opposing party are destroying the country and are ignorant, spiteful, and evil, according to a new Axios poll showing the country's divisiveness.

The poll, which aired Sunday night on HBO, revealed that 61 percent of Democrats think Republicans are "racist/bigoted/sexist," while 31 percent of Republicans think Democrats are that way, reports Axios.

Further, a third of all Americans said they'd be disappointed if a family member married someone of a different party:

• 50 percent of liberal Democrats said they'd be at least somewhat bothered
• 32 percent of conservative Republicans said they'd at least be somewhat bothered
• More moderate Democrats and Republicans agreed by about 20 percentage points less

In other findings:

• 54 percent of Democrats think Republicans are ignorant
• 44 percent of Democrats said Republicans are spiteful
• 49 percent of Republicans think Democrats are ignorant
• 54 percent of Republicans think Democrats are spiteful
• 21 percent of Democrats think Republicans are evil
• 23 percent of Republicans think Democrats are evil

In addition:

• 22 percent of Democrats provided open-ended descriptions of Republicans, calling them selfish, greedy, corrupt, spineless, fearful and bad;
• 26 percent of Republicans giving open-ended descriptions called Democrats socialist, angry, hypocritical, uniformed, power-hungry and violent.

There were just a few people polled, around 4 percent, who think the other side is fair, thoughtful, or kind.

The poll was conducted by SurveyMonkey among adults ages 18 and older, and carried a margin of error of 3 points overall; 4 points with Republicans, 6.5 percent with Independents, and 3.5 among Democrats.

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