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Political races is on the rise the rise of donald thump it has caused bad to happen to people and to see people like you have never seen them before their are two parties there were two people that did not get along it was bad because it did not stop because it did not stop it formed the two political parties we have today the republicans and the democrats and in the past they were the federalists and the anti federalists two parties but different ways of thanking.

It does not hurt to reflect upon history and to determine what should and should not be implemented as to correct our previous faults and thus not repeat them in borderline insane process. Furthermore, this presidential election has shaken both political parties as both of them are scrambling for party unity instead of creating other beliefs which resulted in a gathered hate against both political candidates. I proudly state that I have reconsidered my political preference during this election as I am sure others did too. Unfortunately, I firmly believe that political parties are the only way to inspire and gather people with similar beliefs and aspirations as it is the only way we know how to approach politics. The systematic organization of the political process and parties is held to a fault based upon prejudices and predisposed historical follies, from there causes the intolerance of ideology. As what Alexander Hamilton said “If men were angels, government would cease to exist” which poses a paradoxical situation of flawed mankind redirecting other faulted humans as there is bound to lapse of judgement between the ideal representation of government versus vice. There is definitely no easy way as to fix this problem as we are too in depth in it, however the idea

Polarization is increasing. Good or bad, the electorate is dividing more and more down party lines. Voters are struggling against each other in increasingly rigid groups with increasingly rigid ideologies. In Polarized Public Alan Abramowitz catalogs the data showing this trend through time (2013). The trend towards the poles of American politics has continues since his studies and shows no sign of stopping.

Ideological polarization has become a serious problem. There are much fewer liberal republicans and conservative democrats in Congress. Clear evidence of this polarization was the rise of the Tea Party during President Obama’s first term. In 2010, the midterm elections saw dozens of Tea Party candidates win seats. Their anti-Obama and anti-establishment platform appealed to Republicans who, fearing more inaction, worried that the party leadership wouldn’t push their agenda strongly enough with a Democratic White House. Instead of achieving passable legislation, the Tea Party achieved a government shutdown and a weaker, divided GOP. A Republican controlled House was barely able to pass any meaningful legislation because of this division. While party ideology is being forced away from the center, the American public hasn’t experienced any considerate ideological shifts recently. The only dramatic shift in ideology has been an overall increase in social liberalism since 1950. (Gallup) Moderate voters have just begun opting for more extreme candidates in the hope of producing some kind of policy outcome. People are becoming so desperate for any kind of change in whichever ideological direction they believe is right, that they are willing to go to new extremes on election day. The two party system can’t function if each party is ripping themselves apart from within while simultaneously sprinting towards their respective ends of the political spectrum. Party infighting caused by ideological polarization is counterproductive. Political parties that can’t even agree on a realistic platform do not inspire confidence among an already cynical

In Chapter 8 of his book Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State, Gelman discusses the polarization of America’s political parties. It is often stated that America is becoming more polarized, but the only evidence thus far is that politicians are the ones who are actually further apart. People complain that polarization is breaking the country apart and impeding government action. On the other hand, polarization does have certain benefits in that it makes it easier for uniformed voters to easily select candidates. The author develops ways to measure political divisions and arguments to determine if division in America is a real phenomenon. Gelman does this because he wants to determine if it is the voters, the politicians, or both who are polarized in contemporary society and if it is actually increasing.

Republicans and Democrats have clearly divided themselves among the issues of; political beliefs, religion, race. This in turn creates 2 separate teams that constantly battle each other to advance their cause at the expense of the other. And due to the constant battles we see today, it has created a political environment filled with hostility and one way thinking. (Alan I. Abramowitz and Stephen Webster, 2016) state in their article “The rise of negative partisanship and the nationalization of U.S. elections in the 21st century””supporters of each party have come to perceive supporters of the opposing party as very different from themselves in terms of their social characteristics, political beliefs and values and to view opposing partisans with growing suspicion and hostility. (Mason, 2015)” As an illustration this statement is backed up by one of the questions that was asked during the interviews that I conducted. The question read “would you consider listening to someone from the opposing camp try to persuade you to vote for their candidate?” Nine out of ten gave me a variation of how they would not listen to the other side's point of view on their candidate. One memorable quote from an interview read this “Hell no! Any democrat should be ashamed of themselves for voting for a criminal like Hillary Clinton. And because of her Democrats in my opinion have lost all

The polarization visible throughout the 2016- election was not, however, a new phenomenon. For years, Congressional representatives had been growing steadily more segregated along party lines. And for years, prominent political scientists had been identifying an ever-widening ideological divide between Democrats and Republicans. Recently, a study issued by the independent Pew Research Center exposed in clear terms the extent of political polarization in America, illustrating in hard data the schism that’s opened up between

Rather than working toward a better nation through healthy debate, we simply split ourselves apart as Republicans or Democrats, Traditionalists and Progressives, Liberals and Conservatives, no matter what name the warring sides takes on it is one of the worst proponents of poor communication. Those who are stuck in their traditional ways, in this case Republicans, are generally on the losing side. The others, who have more progressive views, in today’s landscape the Democrats, are generally winning, even if it takes more time. However, both parties are stuck because they are not communicating effectively and politely. The Republicans, who act as the listeners in this case, are uncompromising in their ways and refuse to listen to others. Their bitterness only causes a halt in the flow of government, stagnating the process by which or nation gets things done. The other party, the Democrats are no less to blame, for in each victory or triumph they only stand to gloat over it. Rubbing it in does nothing for them but inflate their egos and make the bittersweet arguments of politics all the more bitter. The bitterness bites at the Republican politicians, and they bite back. Eventually it is a war, waged across radio waves, plastered on television screens and paraded around the District of

There is a deep distrust for people from the other side of the aisle. Liberals and conservatives live and associate with their fellow believers. The result of all this isn’t just polarized politics, but a divided society where these two groups of people are being kept apart. Voters belonging to both parties have become more attached to their ideologies than ever before. Conservatives

The United States has always seen political disputes between both ends of the liberal/conservative spectrum. However, this polarization has increased significantly within the past few decades. As the graphs show, there has been a noteworthy rise among “consistently liberals” and “consistently conservatives” since 1994. In addition, the placement of “median” Republicans or Democrats on the spectrum have distanced themselves farther apart (Pew Research Center). This is the ultimate gap visible within the entire entity of polarizing politics. Republicans and Democrats are becoming further apart, thus creating a lack of understanding and compromise between the two parties.

Democrats and Republicans are more spread out now on policy positions than they used to be. There is some data from Pew Research demonstrates that 97 percent of Democrats are more liberal than the median Republican, and 95 percent of Republicans are more conservative than the median Democrat. That is a tremendous increase from 1994, which was 70 and 64 percent. Pew Research demonstrates that more than 80 percent of Republicans and Democrats hold horrible perspectives of individuals from the other party, with 44 percent of Democrats and 45 percent of Republicans holding exceptionally ominous perspectives of their political rivals. In 16 states a year ago, more than 33% of 2016 voters lived in an area where either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton

Look how far this hate and blame game has brought us. We were once the strong and brave. We were the country that was looked to for opportunities and freedom. Sadly the mighty have fallen, and every single one of us are the biggest contribution towards this problem. This was not the dream of our founding fathers. The polarization we continue fueling is infectious to our democracy. We can either continue being our very own damnation or see that strength is in numbers. Our diversified ideas and morals keep this country going. We complement one another when we work together, we achieve greatness. Together we take down inequality and corruptness that scurry in our system. America’s polarization and our dysfunctional norms need to come to an end to allow true bipartisanship to rise. We need one another in order to be a functional country. Let us reclaim our American

Politics has a major effect on the American people in many ways. It has changed over time; the way that both parties think and what they do. Both parties want change but they want to do it their own way. It wasn’t always like this, in the past we actually got stuff done and things were going to plan, things were going smoothly. Now the parties are arguing and not getting anything done.

As a young child, politics has always been a complicated idea that I could never wrap my mind around. Even knowing nothing whatsoever over politics and the government, I could still see that there was something truly wrong with politics, and as I grew older, I began to understand politics as it itself is in a state of dysfunction. The question at hand here is how and why this dysfunction is occurring in our politics today. For many experts, they have found that it can all be centered on one main topic. Even though many experts have various viewpoints when it comes to politics, many can agree that it is partisanship that is causing dysfunction in politics, however there are also those who believe otherwise.

Shame to a nation that is divided into many sects, and every sect acts as he represents the whole nation.