The question: "The [Outpartyl are not just wrong for politics, they're downright evil". I suspect a lot of people polled interpreted "The Republicans" or "The

The question: "The [Outpartyl are not just wrong for politics, they're downright evil". I suspect a lot of people polled interpreted "The Republicans" or "The Democrats" as referring to the small group of politicians and party officials, not anyone who has voted for that party. That's how I would have interpreted it, at least. I don't think this means that half of Americans think half the country is evil.