or to feel well represented by them

By Vianney Gomez & Andrew Daniller @ PewResearch.org, Dec.7 WITH CHARTS

Nearly six-in-ten U.S. adults (59%) see a great deal of difference between the two major political parties, up from 55% just two years ago and substantially higher than in prior decades. Yet as in past years, there are wide age differences in these views: Younger adults are less likely than older adults to see a great deal of difference between the parties, and they are less likely to say that either party represents the interests of people like them well.

Roughly three-quarters of those ages 65 and older (77%) say there is a great deal of difference between the two major parties, compared with 64% of those ages 50 to 64, 53% of those 30 to 49 and 42% of those 18 to 29. This pattern holds within both the Democratic and Republican coalitions. Three-quarters of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents ages 65 and older say there is a great deal of difference between the two parties, as do 80% of their Republican and Republican-leaning counterparts. But just 42% of both Democratic and Republican adults under the age of 30 say this [....]