Far From United: Political Divide In America The Worst It’s Ever Been

[Fishrrman]

https://www.studyfinds.org/political-divide-america-worst-ever/

Far From United: Political Divide In America The Worst It’s Ever Been
by Study Finds

EAST LANSING, Mich. — It may not be so hard to believe during this murky political landscape, but a new study finds the divide between Democrats and Republicans is the worst it’s ever been, more so than many people may even think.

The research, conducted by Zachary Neal, an associate professor of psychology and global urban studies at Michigan State University, is among the first to measure polarization not only by examining the frequency of parties working together, but also by demonstrating how they’ve grown more distant than any other time in modern history.

Neal points out that neither side is to blame for the growing rift. Regardless of the party that holds the majority in Congress or controls the White House, the political divide has widened all the same.

“What I’ve found is that polarization has been steadily getting worse since the early 1970s,” he explains in a university release. “Today, we’ve hit the ceiling on polarization. At these levels, it will be difficult to make any progress on social or economic policies.”

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Neal defines polarization in two ways: weak polarization, which occurs when parties simply don’t work together; and strong polarization, which occurs when a party not only shuns the other side, but also outwardly attacks opponents or paints them in a negative light. He showed that strong polarization actually dipped in the early and mid-1970s, only to take a steady turn for the worse by 1980. In effect, fewer lawmakers are coming together to co-sponsor attempts at bipartisan bills, and instead, more are taking time to rail against the other side of the aisle.

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[the_doc]

The good news is that it's fixable--by massive prosecutions of seditious bad actors.   (There will be a pretty bad bump in the road to the solution, but I believe the nation-patient will survive the surgery.)

[truth_seeker]

With few exceptions, political violence is mostly from the Left. True in America, and true in Europe, Canada, Australia, South Africa too.


The "Makers" are mostly white and on the rright.


The "Takers" include racee/ethnic minorities on the Left.


The Left is almoost entirely marxist now, with class exploitation as their main theme.