| https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charts-americas-political-d... The graph is quite explanatory of Team Blue and Team Red. In 2004 the median democrat and median republican were close together as it had been since the beginning 1994. Why did the divide increase so much in 2011? In fact if you place your finger on the 1994 median republican line. Republicans went slightly to the left and then more or less havent changed since 1994. Now do the same for the median democrat. The democrat party has been the one which changed just before 2011 Identity politics as part of Obama to become 'the first black president' has created a schism. The identity politics has continued into Trump hence why 'he's the best since Lincoln' but also called a huge racist. Huffpost article from before Obama got the nomination and it was still up to Obama vs Clinton. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-crisis-of-identity-po_b_8... There hasn't been are significant identity politics in the USA until around 2008. At least there hasnt been for a long time. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/america-is-suffering-an-i_b_1... An identity crisis is just the tip of the iceberg. The political divide is coming from the democrats. Hence why you have Democrats like the CEO of expensify threatening civil war. |