Polarization of America

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by whell

From post 4 in this thread, pulled from the Pew study:

Not surprisingly, the report also says that “the rise of ideological uniformity has been much more pronounced among” political activists on the left and right. “Today, almost four-in-ten (38 percent) politically engaged Democrats are consistent liberals, up from just eight percent in 1994…” Meanwhile, 33 percent of consistent conservatives almost always voice conservative opinions, “up from 23 percent in the midst of the 1994 ‘Republican Revolution,’” said Pew.

In other words, you can continue to play the "blame the other guys" game, but the data suggests that while polarization on the right is a more recent phenomenon, the right still hasn't caught up with the level of polarization that exists on the left.

For Pete's sake can you please stay on topic. Where did I play blame the other guy? I merely commented that what the general population her considers too be the left would be closer to the center elsewhere. If the left in this country were the fanatical progressives that you portray we would have SinglePayer and not that abortion Congress foisted off on us.