As a study conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies outlines, the percentage of domestic terrorist incidents has substantially increased, with white supremacists and various far-right extremists conducting 49 % of all attacks and far-left terrorists constituting 40 % of all domestic attacks in 2021. Not only is negative partisanship worsening, but political violence is also intensifying. The Pew Research Center reported in August that negative partisanship is exacerbating, with majorities of Democrats and Republicans viewing opposing voters as “ close-minded ,” “ dishonest ,” “ immoral ” and “ unintelligent. The political experiences of many Americans encompass those characterizations, and especially in a year where pivotal political developments occur almost every day, it has been exhausting to care, let alone bear to listen.Īs Joe Biden’s Presidency enters another significant hurdle through the 2022 midterm elections that are putting slim Democratic House and Senate majorities on the line, political animosity is intensifying. The words that arise when one discusses the current state of American politics are banal.
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Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series on the Tufts community members’ discussion on the Biden administration’s domestic policies and political polarization in the United States.
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