Polarization in the U.S. didn’t rise gradually. A new machine-learning study shows it surged after 2008- but why?

He pointed to data from American National Election Studies (ANES) to illustrate the significance of the two degree shift. Over the past five decades, Americans’ positive views of those belonging to ...

A survey of more than 1,400 local officials found that local governments are “largely insulated from the harshest effects of polarization.” ...

Divisions within the US population on social and political issues have increased by 64% since 1988, with almost all this coming after 2008, according to a study tracking polarization from the end of ...

In A Nutshell The polarization surge was concentrated: American political polarization stayed relatively flat from 1988 to ...

Political systems become polarized when internal unity within groups strengthens and the divide between them deepens. As polarization intensifies, societal tensions can grow, making it difficult to ...

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The United States government has been shut down for nearly a month, yet another indication that the political system has become deeply dysfunctional. But the shutdown is just another episode in a ...

Political polarization in the United States continues to deepen. After the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which lasted 41 days, it remains fundamental to reflect on one’s well-being.

2025 NOV 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Politics, Law & Government Daily-- Researchers detail new data in Investment. According to news reporting from Philadelphia, ...

Emily Huddart and Tony Silva produced this data with funding support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. University of British Columbia provides funding as a founding ...