Morning Jolt: The Pendulum of American Politics

On the menu today: an eye-opening poll on political animosity; a powerful argument that America's elites have forgotten what their positions require of them; and a question about the Senate's consideration of witnesses in the impeachment trial.

Would the Country Be Better Off If Large Numbers of the Political Opposition 'Just Died'?

This weekend, one of the speakers at Stand Together mentioned a survey conducted in 2019 that tried to measure just how much each side of the partisan divide downright loathed each other:

Just over 42 percent of the people in each party view the opposition as "downright evil." In real numbers, this suggests that 48.8 million voters out of the 136.7 million who cast ballots in 2016 believe that members of opposition party are in league with the devil.

The mass partisanship paper was written by Nathan P. Kalmoe and Lilliana Mason, political scientists at Louisiana State University and the University of Maryland.

Kalmoe and Mason, taking the exploration of partisan animosity ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY January 29 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY January 29 2020 The Pendulum of American Politics On the menu today: an eye-opening poll on political animosity; a powerful argument that America's elites have forgotten what their positions require of them; and a question about the Senate's consideration of witnesses in the impeachment trial. Would the Country Be Better Off If Large Numbers of the Political Opposition 'Just Died'? This weekend, one of the speakers at Stand Together mentioned a survey conducted in 2019 that tried to measure just how much each side of the partisan divide downright loathed each other: Just over 42 percent of the people in each party view the opposition as "downright evil." In real numbers, this suggests that 48.8 million voters out of the 136.7 million who cast ballots in 2016 believe that members of opposition party are in league with the devil. The mass partisanship paper was written by Nathan P. Kalmoe and Lilliana Mason, political scientists at Louisiana State University and the University of Maryland. Kalmoe and Mason, taking the exploration of partisan animosity ...   READ MORE

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