by Jocelyn Hayes | May 10, 2024 | William Jewell College
The United States has been facing political polarization since the early 1970s – but the uprise of technology, media, and freedom of expression has demonstrated how a dramatic shift in political attitudes has become increasingly personal among civilians and has...
by Anna Thorner | Apr 30, 2024 | William Jewell College
The United States is one of the world’s oldest democracies, being originally founded in 1776. In contrast to nations that have existed for centuries, America is only 247 years old. Since its founding, America held one idea very highly, which is the system...
by Chris Kiss | Apr 19, 2024 | Ursinus College
Donald Trump has been compared to a lot throughout his mediocre rise into politics. Even during the infancy of his 2016 election, Trump was being compared to dictators, tyrants, and demagogues throughout the world. Many of these comparisons may have sounded radical at...
by Anna Thorner | Apr 14, 2024 | Georgia State University
The United States has faced increasing polarization in its politics in the past few decades. Politics has become more emotionally charged, which is known as affective polarization according to Joel Achenbach. This is the result of the increase of the perception gap,...
by Anna Thorner | Apr 13, 2024 | William Jewell College
Most scholars who follow American democratic erosion begin with social polarization and attempt to find some sociological argument for it. Some thinkers, such as Kathy Cramer, argue that polarization is forming along regional lines, while others like Arlie Hochschild...
