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Description of  Our Common Bonds: Using What Americans Share to Help Bridge the Partisan Divide (Chicago Studies in American Politics)

0226824705 pdf A compelling exploration of concrete strategies to reduce partisan animosity by building on what Democrats and Republicans have in common. One of the defining features of twenty-first-century American politics is the rise of affective polarization: Americans increasingly not only disagree with those from the other party but distrust and dislike them as well. This has toxic downstream consequences for both politics and social relationships. Is there any solution? Our Common Bonds shows thatalthough there is no silver bullet that will eradicate partisan animositythere are concrete interventions that can reduce it. Matthew Levendusky argues that partisan animosity stems in part from partisans misperceptions of one another. Democrats and Republicans Read more