Pew: 62 Percent, Including 36 percent Of Republicans, Say GOP Out Of Touch

TPM

A majority of the country believes the Republican Party is out of touch with the American people, too extreme and inflexible to change, according to findings released Tuesday by Pew Research Center, placing the GOP in decidedly lower public esteem than the Democratic Party.
Sixty-two percent — including 36 percent of Republicans — said the GOP is out of touch with Americans, compared with 46 percent who said the same of Democrats. Only 23 percent of Democrats said their own party is out of touch.

A little more than half, 52 percent, called the Republican Party "too extreme," while 56 percent said the Democratic Party is not too extreme. Similarly, 56 percent said Republicans are not open to change, compared with 58 percent who actually said the opposite of Democrats.
Republicans claimed a small edge over Democrats in one category that was tested by Pew. Sixty-three percent of respondents said Republicans have strong principles, slightly more than the 57 percent who said the same of Democrats.