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Political Polarization at Its Peak? Not All Agree
The recent raise of the debt ceiling according to The Wall Street Journal has shown to the public the
topic of Political Polarization. Polarization, in the world of politics, occurs when public opinion goes to
two extremes, and there is no real middle ground or moderates. A committee was made to help the
Democrats and Republicans come to some sort of understanding, so everyone is more prepared next
time the country runs out of money. This is shows how the country's politics are more diverse and
polarized than ever. "We probably have more division now between parties than we have had at any
other period in history," said Jason Matthew Roberts, a political scientist at the University of North
Carolina. We might be the more polarized today but, researchers say that this is a norm for us in the
United States. We have always had polarization because of strong public views on both sides. So my
question is will Political Polarization ever seize to exist due to parties trying to work out their
differences? Or due to other parties arising with less extreme views?
People are never going to agree. But fortunately, they will always be able to compromise. Therefore, polarization isn't going anywhere but the degree to which it negatively effects the country can be lessened.
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ReplyDeletePolitical Polarization has existed throughout the history of our country and will always exist, just look at polarization between the federalists and the anti-federalists. Although the extent to which polarization exists today is not a good thing because many people refuse to even listen to what the other party has to say, all in all polarization is a good thing because without it people wouldn't be fighting for what they believe in and a two party system wouldn't exist.
ReplyDeletePolitical Polarization has always been around in American Politics. Since the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, the Whigs and Democrats, and today's Democrats and Republicans there has been arguments. Polarization will continue to divide apart our country's views. Polarization will never go away with our current system of government.
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