Welcome to More in Common

We seek to understand the forces driving us apart, find common ground, and help bring Americans together to tackle our shared challenges.

We develop evidence-based solutions to disrupt the dynamics of polarization.

We work with leaders across America to bring these solutions to life.

More in Common is a nonprofit organization that publishes research, builds strategies, and works in partnership with leaders and organizations throughout the United States. We help these partners bring Americans together across differences to engage meaningfully in our civil and cultural life.

In addition to the US, More in Common has teams in France, Germany, Poland, the UK, and most recently Brazil.

Research

We see the world through a people-centered lens: an approach that builds on insights in social psychology and behavioral science to study not just what Americans think, but why. We have engaged more than sixty thousand Americans in surveys, conversations, focus groups and one-on-one interviews.

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Consulting

We provide strategic consulting and communications services to national, state and local organizations, including nonprofits, business, media, philanthropy and faith groups. We design and undertake research to help organizations successfully navigate polarized issues.

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Speaking

Members of the More in Common team are available to speak in the media, on podcasts, at public conferences, webinars and other events to share insights and bring a realistic but hopeful message about how we can bring Americans back together.

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In a time when all we hear about is what divides us, we help build stories of ‘a bigger us.’  

MIC Reports and Publications

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Current Events, American Identity

20 January 2026

Beyond MAGA: A Profile of the Trump Coalition

There is an image at the heart of American politics: a sea of red-hat-wearing MAGA supporters at a Trump campaign rally, representing the millions of Americans who voted for him over the past three elections — 63 million in 2016, 74 million in 2020, and 77 million in 2024. Yet this image is misleading. President Trump has built a coalition, not a cult. This coalition shares many common concerns, from unregulated immigration to progressive overreach to American decline. But it also contains groups with distinct identities, competing priorities, and clashing worldviews. And while there is a strong core of ardent Trump supporters whose identity is wrapped up in the MAGA movement, they represent a minority: only 38 percent of Trump voters say that being MAGA is important to them.

Pluralism, Current Events, Narrative & Communications, American Identity

20 February 2026

What Americans Think of Words like “Democracy” and “Authoritarianism” In These Times

More in Common partnered with Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) to field the 2025 Civic Language Perceptions Project (previously conducted in 2021 and 2023). We surveyed more than 5,000 US registered voters nationwide to understand how Americans perceive civic terms, and how they use words to describe democracy and the threats to it. Despite the political conflict of the moment, we found surprising common ground.

Pluralism, Social Connection

27 August 2025

Fans, Politics, and the Power of Sports

A study by More in Common and FOX Sports reveals that Americans who are passionate sports fans demonstrate significantly higher levels of political and community engagement and are more open to cross-partisan collaboration than non-fans. The comprehensive research shows that sports fandom may serve as a powerful pathway to civic participation and democratic health.

In the News

Whether it’s on the front page of the New York Times, on Fox News, in the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post or in local media – More in Common’s work has been cited thousands of times.

MIC In the News

Media Coverage

18 February 2026

The Country Betting on Immigrants

The New York Times

16 February 2026

Radicals have influence, but traditional Republicans and the reluctant right support Trumpism, research shows

Folha de S.Paulo

10 February 2026

America’s collective civic values outweigh its divisions

The Hill

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