The great divide between liberals and conservatives in America

Poisonous Politics and a Country Divided, Welcome to America 2009

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Arguably, the great divide between liberals and conservatives in America has never felt wider than now. This pronounced polarization has grown in the past few years at alarming rates and can no longer be considered election undertones. This energized division was actually examined by Bill Bishop, a reporter from Austin, and statistician, Bob Cushing. Their three year investigation revealed a chilling trend:

“There’s a steady trend line from ‘76 to 2004 of the country being pulled apart-becoming more politically segregated. We began to see this pattern that we eventually end up calling the Big Sort… It’s at that community level that people are becoming more segregated,â€