The U.S. is truly exceptional in just how polarized its politics have become, but it’s not alone. People in countries with majoritarian(ish) democracies, or two very dominant parties dominating its politics like in the U.S. — think Canada, Britain, Australia — have displayed more unfavor...
US politics today has become polarized, particularly when the two parties’ extreme factions are pushing policies on both ends of the spectrum, where never the twain shall meet. The middle road and class has gone missing. The media itself has become polarized, editorializing and, rather than ...
“People who are strong partisans will tend to have the blinkers on,” said Elisabeth Gidengil, professor of political science at McGill University in Canada. “They’ll try to discount what’s happening and say it’s not that serious. All the parties do this.” And she d...
polarized elections there have meant that white Republicans win the vast majority of seats, while black Democrats win a handful of urban-based seats. Partisanship has become racialized in dangerous ways. But instead of using single-seat
when you have a power, that's challenging you. The probabilities of a conflict is rising and you see this through history. And they last, and these world orders, you know, last 75 or 100 years or so, but you're right. You know, last one began in 1945 at the end of World War ...
“this shouldn’t be happening” implies that something outside of natural processes caused the problem, which leaves little explanation but that someone is doing something they shouldn’t be doing. If there’s a bad actor behind it, you don’t have to consider certain dark existential ...
Being influenced by polarized agendas can heighten sensitivity and lead to quick offenses. In a world of strong political and social divides, people can become very defensive about their beliefs. This can make them react strongly to any opposing view, seeing it as a threat to their identity or...
If, following Bamme, formal equality has largely become normative, how have liberty and fraternity fared, and do alternative political communities pursue their realization differently? In these brief comments, I am likely to err on the side of excessive schematization: the p...
Hot-button social issues like abortion, evolution and same-sex marriage have proven to be highly divisive. Gun control, tax policy and entitlements all elicit passionate, if wildly polarized, viewpoints. What role does accountability play in such a charged environment? There is no simple answer ...
So let’s briefly run through the model’s forecast for House, Senate and gubernatorial races. Then I’ll describe some changes to the model since 2020 — which are modest this year but reflect how congressional races are changing in an increasingly polarized political environment. ...