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Compromise. thats gone out the window. and if you look closely, its important to say this is a s symmetric polarization. they moved further right than democrats have left and you can see that in the composition of the parties. we talk about being a divided nation evenly but independent voters make up plurality. democrats have gotten more liberal but split 50/50 between liberals and moderates. republicans, though, are 75% conservative. less than 25% moderate. so the power and the party is enormou...

Voters make up plurality. democrats have gotten more liberal but split 50/50 between liberals and moderates. republicans, though, are 75% conservative. o less than 25% moderate. so the power and the party is enormously off center and that creates the incentive structure where candidates want to play to the base and dont worry about reaching across the aisle. >> one alarming thing is they played this nativest backlash. there is almost this thinly veiled racism where there is at times that we see ...