What would you change about the American political process?
Special Advisor, U.S. State Department
Ross mourns an atmosphere so poisonous that Democrats and Republicans can't agree on the basics.
December 27, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
Special Advisor, U.S. State Department
Ross mourns an atmosphere so poisonous that Democrats and Republicans can't agree on the basics.
December 27, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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Kirk Boyer on January 16, 2008, 10:07 PM
I think one reason the polarization has occurred in the first place is that people are becoming more and more comfortable with identifying with a certain group and not just being labeled, but labeling themselves, and following that label through decisions without giving as much thought as they would have to give if they hadn't a sort of prepared response from elsewhere. And it all seems to spiral downward; the more polarized we get, the larger the pole groups get and the more comfortable people are in not just choosing one of them, but feeling that they must be strictly in one group.
Kirk Boyer on January 17, 2008, 3:07 AM
I think one reason the polarization has occurred in the first place is that people are becoming more and more comfortable with identifying with a certain group and not just being labeled, but labeling themselves, and following that label through decisions without giving as much thought as they would have to give if they hadn’t a sort of prepared response from elsewhere. And it all seems to spiral downward; the more polarized we get, the larger the pole groups get and the more comfortable people are in not just choosing one of them, but feeling that they must be strictly in one group.
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