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Why we're polarized (Ezra Klein)

Why we're polarized (Ezra Klein)

Update: 2021-11-05

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Ezra Klein explains how Republican and Democrats in the US became so different from each other, ideologically and demographically, and why that trend + our institutions = political gridlock. Questions covered include: Is polarization necessarily bad? Has the left polarized more than the right? And what should we make of polls that seem to show Republicans and Democrats used to agree on immigration policy?

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Why we're polarized (Ezra Klein)

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