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Earlier this week, I was in the process of my daily ritual of reading the four newspapers I read every weekday morning (The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and the Nashville Tennessean).
This particular day two articles caught my attention as being especially newsworthy at this precise moment in our nation’s history. As we are experiencing an excruciatingly close and unpredictable national election, these articles illustrated that the tightness of the national election are an accurate reflection of the even divide in our national electorate.
The first article in USA Today, "Red states are redder. Blue states are bluer. And our politics? Hotter," by Susan Page, Suhail Bhat, Savannah Kuchar and Sudiksha Kochi, is part of a multi-part series on the population shifts taking place in the United States and the impact it is having on our national life. America has undergone a significant “sorting” of its population “since 2012 that has intensified the partisan leanings in states across the country, leaving only a handful where the outcome of the Nov. 5 presidential election remains in doubt.”
As a consequence, 40 of the 50 states now have one-party control (governor and state legislature) in their respective states. This one-party control (17 under Democrats and 23 Republicans) in these states has led to more conservative government in red states and more liberal government in blue states.
Continued below.
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This particular day two articles caught my attention as being especially newsworthy at this precise moment in our nation’s history. As we are experiencing an excruciatingly close and unpredictable national election, these articles illustrated that the tightness of the national election are an accurate reflection of the even divide in our national electorate.
The first article in USA Today, "Red states are redder. Blue states are bluer. And our politics? Hotter," by Susan Page, Suhail Bhat, Savannah Kuchar and Sudiksha Kochi, is part of a multi-part series on the population shifts taking place in the United States and the impact it is having on our national life. America has undergone a significant “sorting” of its population “since 2012 that has intensified the partisan leanings in states across the country, leaving only a handful where the outcome of the Nov. 5 presidential election remains in doubt.”
As a consequence, 40 of the 50 states now have one-party control (governor and state legislature) in their respective states. This one-party control (17 under Democrats and 23 Republicans) in these states has led to more conservative government in red states and more liberal government in blue states.
Continued below.
Hyper-partisanship, fear of civil discord: Why we need free and fair election more than ever before
People have been warning Americans that in the wake of this election, they fear there will be civil discord no matter who prevails in the election
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