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Essay On Political Polarization

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Goldberg, J. (2017, March 09). Today's Political Polarization Isn't as Striking as We Think. Retrieved March 24, 2017, from http://www.nationalreview.com/article/445607/polarization-politics-trump-not-cause-our-political-divisions

In this article, Jonah Goldberg argues that our current political climate is not as striking as we think, it's rather it's a fight for power among the parties. This article looks at partisan politics and shows how the left and right are not as different as it may seem. Also, the idea of fundamental attribution error is introduced when discussing such as the social aspects among the parties and the fight for power of the government. Goldberg looks at the previous elections from Bill Clinton to Barack Obama, he showed …show more content…

By using the given data from multiple elections Wasserman shows that there is a clear division and almost a complete extinction of the “Purple States.” The data supports the idea of the disappearing moderate in the U.S and each side becoming more extreme in their support. This article will be good for my research paper since it uses reliable data to help support my research paper.

Abramowitz, A. (2010, May 27). Why Political Polarization Might be Good for America | US ... Retrieved March 26, 2017
Alan Abramowitz offers a differing idea from the majority which is that polarization could be healthy for a democracy. His reasoning is that since people are more engaged in politics that makes our political system heathier since it shows what each political party stands for, “It's healthier to have parties that actually stand for something than to have the situation that we had 50 or 40 years ago, when you really didn't know what the parties stood for because there was so much overlap between them”

Poll Results: Behavior Leads to Polarization. (2017, March 21). Retrieved March 27, 2017, from

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