Is there some fuckery going on with the creation of this poll? Or can this just be attributed to the majority of Americans being jingoistic morons?

It’s incredible that the “no difference/no opinion” line goes steadily down just as the neoliberal turn began in-earnest. There’s basically no difference in economic policy between the two parties since the Reagan years, and yet that’s the period of greatest polarization of opinion. We’re looking at the high-level results of a pure propaganda war.

Actually, I think I’m in that category too. For a very specific reason.

When D is in power, they attempt to cooperate with R, who spends their time trying to undermine every positive thing D attempts to do.

This results in a short-term downturn in the economy.

When R is in power, they steamroll over D where they can, and cooperate with them when they must. This results in a stable economy. They also tend to give handouts to their voting base.

In the long term, the R strategy will destroy the country, but over 4 years it can produce a more predictable economy that appears prosperous to the people that tend to fill out these polls.

There’s one issue though: that “keep the country prosperous” bit — the country would have to be prospering for this question to even be applicable.