Independence, 2027488002. Is d party, that number green party, libertarian party, 2027488003. cspanwj. Tweet and paul from monmouth arsity in new jersey poll from Monmouth University, this one coming on wednesday saying 2016 brought out the worst in people, more than two voters in three voters say the race has brought out the worst in people and they disapprove of the campaigns harsh rhetoric. Dissatisfaction rather than anger is the work to best characterize feelings of voters about the federal government. The results show the opinion on terrorism has not changed much. Even after the recent bombings in new york and new jersey. They say that 70 of American Voters say that this years president ial campaign has brought up a worse in people. One more article on that, Huffington Post this morning, a lot of people are getting into fights over the election is the headline. Just a quick look at that, they say if you have not noticed, this election is divisive. More than one third of americans have gotten into a fight with a friend, family member, or coworker about the campaign of according to a new poll. 26 of americans say they have argued with a friend about the election this year, 23 of market with a family member, and 11 of people have got into a fight with a coworker, no word on if it involves fists or just verbal. Your thoughts this morning on the tenor of the political campaign, has it brought out the worst in people . Militant in philadelphia, democrats line. Caller thank you for taking my call, it has gotten worse, especially from the right, especially rhetoric from donald trump. The derogatory statements about the minorities. Mexicans in particular, muslims. It has gotten worse and it started with him and he is not doing anything to help bring it down. Especially when talking to immigrants about immigrants. Host what about your friends and coworkers which was the focus of this monmouth poll. Caller i got into disagreements , especially with a neighbor who is supporting donald trump and i do not know how you can support racism. Given his statements about people. I cannot understand it, especially if you are asian, minority come africanamerican or latino. I do not know how you could support this bigot. For 2027488001 republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. Independence, 2027488002. Monmouth University Publishing the poll this week. We are joined by timothy tracey, two is a Research Associate with the monmouth polling institute. What was the rationale behind looking at this, how people are reacting or talking to each other about this campaign, what is behind that . Guest we were thinking of ways to measure the divisiveness a lot of people have been talking about regarding the campaign. Thinking about the best way to measure that. We came up with these questions. I think it is it has shown that there is not a love optimism among voters in this election in terms of what they think about politics or washington and what they think it has brought out in people. As you mentioned, 70 of American Voters say it has brought out the worst in people, brought 4 say it has out the best and 5 said it has brought out both the best in people and worst in people. Feeling that it has brought out the worst in people permeates party identification. And 65 ofcrats republicans and 66 of independent say it has brought out the worst in people. It does not matter your political affiliation, it seems like all people think it has brought out the worst in people. Host is this the type of poland that monmouth has done in the past poll that monmouth has done in the past . Guest we have done quite a bit of polling around that polarization in america these days. Asking whether or not they think the rhetoric the harsh rhetoric used is justified. For instance, we had 65 of most American Voters think the harsh rhetoric in this campaign is not justified and 30 say it is. This is unchanged from when we last asked this in august. It is something we explored before. We have been interested in this over the course of the election. Host tell us about the survey size, how many people did you interview and what age range . Guest 102 American Voters. In our sample, one in four between 18 and 34. 25 between 35 and 49. 28 between 50 and 64. 22 65 and older. The did you look at rationale or the reasoning behind the way people feel in this campaign in terms of the tone of the campaign . Guest there is Nothing Specific in terms of why they think it has brought out the worst in people. Whether or not they think whether or not there is specific language. Again, one of the things we wanted to look at was whether they felt the rhetoric they used were harsh and the poll said American Voters said it is harsh and not justified. Regardless of political affiliation. Host timothy tracey, one of those behind the Monmouth University poll looking at how people feel about this campaign in terms of the rhetoric and viewers and listeners can take a look at that poll at monmouth. Edu pollin thank you for joining usg. Guest thank you thank you for joining us. Guest thank you for having me. Host lets go to howard. Caller i am going for donald trump and there are a lot of good reasons. Has notot destroy what been destroyed in this country, Hillary Clinton did. I do not understand why people think she is a better candidate and donald trump is a racist and bigot, all donald trump wants is peace so he can live in this country. On the other side of the coin, they want globalization and everything to change. We the people do not want that. Of can see it in the amount people who show up at a donald trump rally and the amount of evil that show up in a Hillary Clinton rally. Sometimes she is not even there. Host starting the program asking you has campaign 2016 brought out the worst in people . Democrat line, shelley, kentucky. Caller good morning. Thank you for cspan and the program. Host you bet. Caller my comment is, i believe youre trying to find out if people have talked to other people about the upcoming president ial election. And either agreed with them or disagree with them. Is that the topic . Host yes, sir. I am for caller Hillary Clinton very much. I have been in the Democrat Party in the state of kentucky for many years and in the state of ohio. She has many good attributes. She is experienced in government. I think she would be a very good president. And i attended both of bill clintons inaugurations and when he opened the library i was there seven days and evan days each time in washington. And seven days each time in washington. Host is it hard to be a supporter where you are, hard to be a hillary supporter where you are . Caller it is not hard for me to be in this coal mining area, is has cutry out the cold but i believe the reason for the cold is like a coal is lack of market. I believe power plants in this area failed to put in the scrubbers in the fire plants in order to burn different types of coal. I am for Hillary Clinton 100 . I tell a lot of people that if they will let anybody that will vote for donald trump, to take a baseball bat and break both legs below the knees before they get to bones. Host a number of tweets in. Carol, she said i would never talk politics with any people that i do not know felt like i do. One says i never have seen it so bad, people are losing their think and act rationally. We have been prodded in this direction by the gop. This one saying, gop the party where the haters congregate and talking politics among friends and family show the prejudices that they carry. It has opened many eyes. Earlier this week on washington journal we are joined by the executive director of the National Institute for civil discourse. She talked about the state of political and civil discourse in the United States. Heres what she had to say. People say doesnt civility mean being nice to people . Not at all. It is the point where you can be disagreeable, passionate and in terms of this agreement without being disagreeable or without attacking the character of your opponent. This is not about how we can tear each other down. This is about how we can build this country up. Host talking about the 2016 campaign, 7 of people have ended friendships and 70 of the people say it has brought out the worst in people. Independent, patrick in oxford, ohio. Haser i believe that brought out a lot of the negative but i refer back to the first caller and the guy from kentucky. Likee speak halftruths where the guy claimed donald trump spoke about all latinos when he spoke clearly about illegal immigrants. Or the guy in kentucky who makes a comment about all a donald Trump Supporters should have their legs broken with a baseball bat. Inflammatory comments come from the left and put a lot of people like myself in the middle and right, you know, on the defensive. It is disturbing. That is why there is a lot of hostility coming out. Host lets hear from sherry in indiana on the republican line. Caller i am a donald trump supporter and i do think this has brought out a lot that in people. In people. Bad democrats are angry and i do not understand why people think donald trump is a racist and a bigot. What he said about not letting muslims in the country was to make sure they are embedded vetted properly and we will let them back in. People do not get their news from a lot of sources and need to be better research. We are all americans and in this together, lets get along. Host where do you get your political news . Bbc,r i do a lot of cnn, even fox. Abc news. I get it from a lot of different sources and figure out for myself what is sounds more logical. Host i appreciate the call. We are asking the question because of a Monmouth University poll. 7 of voters have ended. Riendships over the election they write that the polarizing clash between Hillary Clinton and donald trump has brought out the worst in people, even to the point of severing friendships. In 10 registered voters say the election has brought out the worst in people and has andght out the best in 4 saying this election has brought out the best in people. The majority of respondents maintaining that the harsh rhetoric in politics is unjustified. Hopefully go says safety 5 says the german language and politics is unjustified while three in 10 say it is justified given the current state of the nation. There is a deep divide among supporters of whether the language is justified. What is 7 of donald Trump Supporters said it is, 17 of clinton supporters agreed with that. Of donald Trump Supporters said it is comes 17 of clinton supporters agree with that. Caller i think a lot of it started way back with obama and elion gonzales. A love of my friends are closet racist, in denial. The boy that called from florida must have been 14 when the clintons were around, i do not know what he would know about the clintons have destroyed come it looks like america is doing pretty good. It they do not like it, leave. People think the devil will come back in a red suit with a tail and a trident. If you go to church, and you vote for donald trump, you just voted for the devil incarnate and you just may gods color process a whole lot simpler. Host linda in oklahoma, republican line. What are your thoughts . Caller we are clubbing each other over the head. We are divided. The good news is we are talking about it. I think that shows someone is paying attention. I have never seen a so riled up. I have a good friend, very intelligent, she was born across the pond in the uk. Bearing ourwe are teeth at each other and i got to the point for us that we do not live under the king anymore. But it is ahing little scary. It is like we are following children, the rhetoric does need to stop. I do not know where i stand where anyone stands regarding the issues until i get on the internet. Host are you afraid to talk president of politics with your friends and neighbors . Caller absolutely. I am now. In our home, there were the two things you never talked about, marital affairs, and politics. That is the way it was. I am a child of the 1960s. When that came about, we were very free and all my friends are of that same age, we were very free to voice all of our opinions. But now it seems like we are beating ourselves up. We are in a brick wall situation. Now we are clubbing each other to death. We are divided and when we divide we will be conquered. The good news is we are talking about it. So, everyone keep talking about it and yes, i think, when i go to the polls, i am a republican, and i will vote that way. I think we have had enough of number 42. Addy add at that that. Caller i will put my club down. Host you want the shoes to be mend shoes. Thank you for your call. Carol agrees with some of what you say in terms of your statement on talking politics. She tweeted, never a good idea to talk religion or politics with anybody unless you know they think like you. In terms of the tone and tenor of the campaign, some tweets from donald trump stirred things up yesterday and made a bit of news. Still reaction in the news today. This is front page, one of the tweets this morning, a look at the front page of the new york post. Donald, get off twitter after a new 3 00 a. M. Rant, the allies begged him to get off twitter. Lets look at the Washington Post. They say trump triggers new round of gop jitters. They said Republican Leaders and strategists are unnerved by Donald Trumps erotic attack on a latina beauty queen and other outbursts this week, increasingly fearful that the gop nominee is damaging his white house hopes and doing lasting harm to the party in the campaigns final stretch. They said Party Officials are embarrassed by his impulsive behavior and exasperated by his inability to concentrate on his change message and frame the race as a referendum on democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, according to interviews with more than two dozen of them. I will look at some of the tweets. They came in early yesterday morning. We may not have seen them on the washington journal yesterday. Dollop from known for sleeping not that much but these came in in the middle of the night. For notd trump known sleeping that much but these came in the middle of the night. Floated Miss Universe as an angel without checking her past which is terrible. He tweeted, did crooked hillary help discussing, check out sexy and pass, her become a u. S. Citizen so she could use her in a debate. Also from donald trump yesterday , anytime you see a story about me or my campaigns aim sources said, do not believe it. There are no sources, they are made up. One more came in the middle of the day yesterday from donald trump. For the few peoples knocking me for tweaking at 3 00 in the morning, at least you know i will be there awake to answer the call. There was a response from Hillary Clinton on the tweets and we will show you them in a few minutes. Lets get back to your calls and hear from mark in illinois from illinois. Independent line. Caller good to see you looking healthy and strong. Trifecta because i have lost friends in real life, i have lost on most all of my republican facebook friends except for one. Work but in my family life, my nephew is doing a protest vote against hillary because he is such a Bernie Sanders fan that he will vote for donald trump. He is a marine. Wearing myave been hillary for president hat or tshirt out. Illinoisgh i live in and that is a sure state for her. Facebook,mentioned how many folks have you unfriended . Caller i have not unfriended anybody but i have had 14 people , i only have a few republican facebook friends but i had 14 people unfriended me. Because i have been such an outspoken supporter of hillary since he announced in april of 2015. They get upset when i pull out actual fact. When i cite my sources or pull up something from political political act about donald trump, we get in and the namecalling and everything until they unfriended me. I go out with my hillary stuff on and i have had a woman kicked me or step on my foot. I have a couple knock my hat off. Host you are not going to a donald trump rally . Just out in public . Caller in walmart, a casino, eating dinner at applebees. Host somebody knocked your hat off . Caller they did and it takes everything i have got to physically respond. Host sure. Caller i have been called a mongrel. And the n word because i am biracial. Host i am sorry to hear that. Guy camehis one black up to me in walmart and told me she is voting for donald trump because he thinks he is in a crisis and he will bring about the rapture. When i said, if you look at a at herand melani past, you say you are a christian man, how can you support somebody like that . He said, i will go to heaven, i do not know about the rest of you. Host thank you for sharing your story. Back to the twitter storm from donald trump. This was the reaction from the Hillary Clinton campaign. Her first one said that this is unhinged, even for donald trump. She followed that up with what kind of man stays up all my to smear a woman with lies and conspiracy theories. Baton rouge, democrats line, has campaign 2016 brought out the worst in people . Caller it brought out the worst because to understand what is going on in america today, you have to go back to the past. , it during the civil war was a divided country. When you are on top all the time, and you talk about a change, when barack came on he talked about change, bringing all people together and for america, it was founded on christianity and politics of the fathers were politicians. The main party is that race in america, people do not want to expect except that race exists in america because race exists in america, therefore we will always be divided. America is a country for all people by the people for the people. Mr. Trump is talking about divide and conquer. Conquer have divide and , you will always have disagreements and people against each other. Racism did not start when obama came into office. Racism in america was legal in 200 years before that, the dutch brought black into america in the