Issue: 

Politics are too polarized in the USA

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Issue Description (Summary):

Political polarization in the US is high and has real impacts. It plays into geographical segregation, reduces effective legislation and damages our institutions.

Likelihood & Impact:

    Primary Impact(s):

Impact#DescriptionHow Bad?How Likely?Overall Rating
4Factor in increasing violence3-Still a tragedy/
10-Nation-level (4 Overall)		20-Could happen/
28-Before you know it (F Overall)		IV (4F)

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Issue Description (Detailed):
  1. As political parties move toward the poles and people increasingly distrust members of the other political party, it has become difficult for politicians to agree on a way forward. Congress is more likely to gridlock and find it difficult to pass legislation, while campaigns and partisan media can become more divisive.    Agree     Disagree
  2. Americans are increasingly segregating themselves by political party and ideology even in their residential communities.    Agree     Disagree

Potential Root Cause(s):

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Additional Context:
  1. Families, in contrast, are becoming more politically homogenous. As of 2018, 80% of marriages had spousal alignment on party affiliation. Parent-child agreement was 75%. Both of these represent significant increases from family homogeneity in the 1960s.    Agree     Disagree
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