With your families or friends . Here are the phone numbers. You can also share your thoughts on social media. The question this morning is whether or not this president ial election and the debates over have caused a rift with your family or friends. Research from the pew research center. They ask how many of your Close Friends support the opposing candidate . Some of this debate is taking place online. Data fromto this Online Harassment dated. Org they also ask whether politics play a role in who was being harassed this year. Politics being an important debate online and amongst family and friends at the Kitchen Table this year. We spoke recently with the institute of civil discourse from arizona and we asked about the state of political discourse in the country this year. The civility in our politics and in our communities is the worst its been since reconstruction. There is no question but what we downward slope in terms of our lack of respect for each other when we speak, the ideological absolutism about issues. When people disagree on an issue, they dont hear the reasoning and they dont hear enough to understand why they hold those views. It actually indicates that if you didnt if you dont think like i think him im a better person that you are and that is not the natural state of affairs. What have you found is driving this polarization of the the increasingly heated rhetoric on both sides of the aisle . Guest there has been a tremendous amount of research and analysis, many structural issues. Too much money in politics, the way primaries work which drives both parties to the extreme to get through the primary elections. Some of our most extraordinary have essentially been driven out of their statesmanship work in washington by an ideologically dominated primary process. Most of what is driven this year i know you would speak about is the Media Business model so changed in a way in which much more of what is covered in mass media about politics is really celebrity and entertainment rather than driven by news. Is of the problems structural issues. It took us decades to get here. It will take is decades to reverse that direction. Host our question to you this campaigns has the this year caused any rift between your families and friends. Were taking your phone calls on the first one is from tulsa, oklahoma from the republican line. Are you there . The trump people are getting kicked off and starting problems. Im a Cross Party Lines but am not sure yet. People are taking a step up and saying nader should be president. Host youre not voting for Hillary Clinton . We will move on. Cindy is calling on the independent line. Morning, i really liked what the woman who was speaking was talking about. There has been so much that has gone on over the last decade. Because of thew polarization. The problems i have had with my , its and my son definitely polarization. Im wondering why im not hearing from him. We had some discussions over text messaging and phone calling. Kind of gone from independent and is feeling as though he wants to vote for donald trump. I am the opposite. I am going for our independent. I was a democrat but in the last couple of years, i have decided to go independent now ive decided. In any kind of business setting, when you bring in a particular party for a position, you interview that person. You look at their experience. You dont take someone with no experience and put them in a situation because they are the popular person because Everybody Knows them. Thats almost the type of nepotism, in a way. Son isou are saying your being a trump supporter and you are moving toward a hillary supporter . Caller yes, and in our discussions i apologize for getting off track in our discussions, his points are very isolated points. Me to makeucting sure i turn on certain channels of the tv. I get most of my information from cspan. I listen to it all day long. I feel i am getting information from both sides. How do you guys navigate that . How do you try to resolve your political differences . Caller we are trying to figure that out. Us. A new situation for i have responded to his messages and typically he works different hours. I have given pinpoint of what i feel justifies somebody. Nobody is perfect, no party is perfect but i think it is only wrong to choose party over government. From laurel, maryland. Lets hear from debbie in florida on the democratic line, go ahead. Yes, its not just family. And on themmunity internet, if you say that you butfor trump or for clinton recently if you say you are for trump, you are blasted on the internet. You are called so many names. Truck that had a a Bumper Sticker that was handmade and said trump and people were honking. Put anything in front of my house because im afraid of the opposition. Are they going to tear my lawn apart . Its really bad here. You are calling on the democratic line but you are a supporter of donald trump . Caller im a registered democrat and have voted democrat since bill clintons second term. Is donald what got me trumps stand on immigration, illegal immigration. Miami and mye in family is from los angeles. Me sinceleft a scar on a young person. Living now in florida which is an important battleground state. You are saying the tensions of the debate are pretty strong . Caller oh, its bad. People dont want to put things out for who they are voting for. There was one guy who made a handmade Bumper Sticker. I have not seen anything you their way. Either way. Host thats debbie with some thoughts for florida. South carolina on our independent line, good morning. Caller good morning. Has the debate over the president ial election caused any arguments within your family or friendships . Iller not really because respect each persons right to their own choice. People thatlain to its not about Hillary Clinton. Its not about donald trump. Because its the legislative branch that makes the laws that many people are not pleased with. People should concentrate on their congressman and their senator and member of the house to see what they have done to help the economy or what have they not done. Host doris from South Carolina next, South Carolina, democratic line kansas. Caller im a republican. Host im sorry about that. Caller thats ok. I agree 100 with the lady that just spoke. People put too much stock in government and regulation and law. We need laws, of course, but they have overdone it until we are just full. Of thesick to death government cramming everything down your throat. Much abouttoo electing a woman or donald trump is this. We dont care. We want things fixed. I dont care personally. Do you think the rhetoric in the campaign this year has focused on substantial issues . Host on what . Onunsubstantiated substantial issues . Justr i dont, they are firing bullets at each other and are not saying anything real. Real people dont care. Hillary clinton has over 100 million in the bank and she stands up in front of the American People and says we are poor, only 100 million. I am a veteran and i barely make my bills. Get down to the substantive , not the real life 100 million per year or billions of your they spend on protecting themselves. Lisa from westminster, maryland is her next caller on the democratic line. Caller good morning. I have been enjoying listening to the various opinions. I have the unique pleasure of being married to a republican. We are newlyweds. I remember when we were dating that if we started talking about , if we approached it by party, tensions were there. If we stopped and spoke to each other as individuals and how we felt as individuals, then the conversations were more smooth. Adamant and i was a hillary supporter and very adamant about being against donald trump while we were being engaged saying this is a dealbreaker. Host dealbreaker for walking down the aisle . Caller yes. Host but you got married. Caller it was hyperbole to prove a point. I was that adamant against donald trump. We were engaged and yes we are now married and its a fascinating exercise for both of us. Of stories him links i think are important and sad much. Ou very i think its great if he reads this and i welcome whatever he sends me. I think if all of us could turn to the folks we love oneonone and listen to each other, there could be progress. We need to stop this really toxic divide. From that is lisa westminster, maryland. Our next caller is from missouri, james on the independent line, go ahead. I think this is causing hard feelings among just about everybody. You cannot sit down with friends or family or people in a and even have a decent civil conversation with one another without somebody getting so mad. Whats going on . Personal friends that just jump up and yelled at us and have stormed off and want have anything to do with you anymore. You get to where you turn your tv off when you see somebody driving into the driveway depending on what church they belong to. Some churches ring light lean right and some lean left and hopefully my wife and i have been married for years and have been independent voters. We moved around to different places and tried to vote who we believe was best suited for the job. You just cannot carry on a decent conversation. I think a lot of it is because you turn on any one of these Cable Networks and you see for or five people sitting there and you watch them so many years and you know all they will do is sit there and yelled backandforth at each other and talk over each other. They wont listen to what the other says. If you are paying attention to whats going on around you, you can tell that the left bends at the left and the right pensive to the right and some of them crossover and say things you know are not true or what you believe are not true based on the real information you can get an cspan is one of the best sources of information that is not twisted whether youre talking to a democrat or republican. You get past that with your friends and your family members . How do you try to reinstitute civil discussion . Its gotten to the point where my wife and i just talk to each other. Watch the news network which is more entertainment. They are more reality shows the news but we clam up and dont really talk to people anymore. You can have hard feelings. In a small town, you dont want to be labeled. If they think you are a long liberal and you dont believe in god oracle country and you are a sorry and low down and a conservative, they walk on water. We of gun to the point where really dont talk to anybody but ourselves. Next caller is from clarksburg, West Virginia on the democratic line, go ahead. Caller good morning. Host good morning to you. Caller about 80 of my friends have i have blocked or deleted from facebook. Thats how bad it is here in West Virginia. Friends, they are good people, hardworking people in West Virginia and they are not poorly educated. I dont understand what they support donald trump. Withnly ones i get along who can talk politics which is my immediate family. Other than that, wow. This whole state things donald trump will bring mining back and make everything great. Those days are over. Host do you think social media has contributed to some of the more dramatic rhetoric that we have heard lately . Facebookink being on changes the way people talk to each other about politics . Caller yes, i do. It does not help the donald trump is on twitter all the time. Every time someone says the least little thing, hes on there. Yeah, its definitely changed. Host thats. Jimmy from clarksburg, West Virginia in the New York Times , there was an article about Donald Trumps recent endorsement of Paul Ryan Ryan and john maclean in a bid for unity. Some attempt to find unity there in the Republican Party. Lets go to sharon from louisiana calling on the republican line. What do you think this morning . Go ahead. Sayer i just wanted to that it does cause a rift in my immediate family because a couple of months ago, my son was definitely a Bernie Sanders supporter. Fence of being a chump supporter because i have been a republican and i dont see the point of jumping from party to party if i dont like a candidate this time, a might like another one next time. Torn between the two evils. Thats how i look at it. A lot of the people here in this and are real conservative it causes problems between blacks and whites voting are putting signs in their yards further used to. We would have a trump sign or whoever was running. With all of the stuff that is happened with the police a lotngs, it has caused of closure between races. Been has become predominantly black and it was predominantly white when i was a kid. I thought we had reached an back may be the 1970s or 1980s. Everybody seemed to get along better. We mixed and everything was good. In my opinion, it was good. Now that its not just individual people, its groups of people getting together and causing problems in the campaign process, im scared that when it comes to the actual vote, a lot of people are going to think its not worth it because hillary has it tight up. Tied up. We will wait and see. Ran,ember when mitt romney everyone in my family was gathered around the tv waiting for his acceptance speech and that was a colossal surprise. People thatot of use those means or whatever they on Facebook Memes facebook and will make sarcastic remarks about the candidates. I dont think people are really taking it seriously enough. Voting for like homecoming queen. This is something that will last at least four years. Idea of get a better Foreign Policy that trump wants to in place, i am really worried about him. I know he knows business. I think hillary knows more about Foreign Policy because of her being in the white house when mr. Clinton was president id as secretary of state but dont think she did a real good job at it. Anyway, she has more knowledge of the inner workings of it. Right, sharon from louisiana. He result little bit from the Donald Trump Campaign rally yesterday in green bay, wisconsin where he announced his endorsement of paul ryan and john mccain. [video clip] mission, toared make America Great again, i support and endorse our speaker of the house, paul ryan. [applause] paul ryan, a good man. He is a good man and a good guy. And we may disagree on a couple of things but mostly we agree and we will get it done and do a lot of wonderful things. [applause] he is a good man. Hold ine im at it, i the highest esteem senator john mccain. [applause] for his service to our country officeorm and in public and i fully support and endorse his reelection. Our question is whether this Campaign Season has caused any rift in your family or friends. Hearing from boston, massachusetts on the independent line. Good morning. Country is a beautiful country. Is a beautiful election. Its the future of the United States of america. Years, we had a funny administration in washington, d c. I voted for obama. But he did not do a good job in my opinion. Obama is a good man and is a good family man. He has beautiful children and a beautiful wife. But he did not do enough for the black people and he did not do enough for the white people. Immigration is a mess in this country. We need somebody out of sight. Host do you feel most of your family and friends feel the same way as you do . I am all alone in this country. I come from italy 51 years ago. I like donald trump. My daughter is in florida. I will vote for donald trump. I like donald trump. Host antonio, from boston, massachusetts. Lets move on to rosie, go ahead. Caller good morning. Trying for weeks to get through but i have not been able to. There are so many people calling in and thats a wonderful thing but i dont know if whoever is in charge here in this world, what are they doing . Are they asleep or whats going on . Donald trump is just crazy. Something is not ticking. Everyone else is sleeping, too. And what do your Friends Family think . Do they agree with you . Caller they agree and they are scared. We believe that of donald trump gets in their and gets to be president , he will blow up the whole world. Thats from houston, texas. Hillary clinton also spoke friday and addressed some of the donald Trump Supporters. [video clip] i really believe that the core of his support, im not going to speak for everyone who supports him because i think there have been some quite distressing statements coming out of his rallies and supporters and who has aligned themselves with him but i think the core of his support really centers on the disappointment in the economy that so Many Americans feel. Is imhave been saying going to bring this country together. I think we have the overarching goals. Economicore opportunities, protect our National Security and weve got to work toward american unity. I have been trying to understand what it is that has driven people support trump. I have met with some people. I have listened to them. Are looking for an explanation as to why they lost the job they had for 18 years when the factory nobody c. What they are going to do when their whole life was spent mining coal, and they make 80,000 a year, and they cannot barely find a job making minimum wage. Centers for so many Old Industrial towns in america are hollowed out, and people are turning to opiates and carolyn. The list heroin. The list goes on. We have to recognize that, of course, some of the appeal is xenophobia and racist and misogynistic and offensive. We have to acknowledge that. Lets not lose sight of the real pain that Many Americans are economy hasuse the left them behind. Host former Senate Majority tom daschle in south dakota and Olympia Snowe put together this oped, they wrote that fears debate has always been a part of the process, increasingly,