It may sound hyperbolic, but there is mounting data that Americans are more divided than ever. The rift is such that both sides of the political aisle are now pontificating about the possibility of a second Civil War—from The Washington Post to The Atlantic to the President himself, there is rare bipartisan consensus that we are on the verge of violence.
Like any complex issue, there are numerous reasons for America’s increasing polarization. But none are as central and obvious as our huddling into geographical (and by extension ideological) bubbles. Perhaps nothing illustrates this better than the 2016 electoral map, where America’s blood-red flyover heartland is flanked by royal blue progressive enclaves.
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