Is Polarization Pushing Us To Hate Each Other?

We’re constantly told that America is too divided. That we no long just oppose members of the opposite party, but actually hate them. That something is broken in American life. We take these issues to one of the leading scholars in the world on polarization, Dr. Shanto Iyengar from Stanford University. And we focus on one of his papers, which argues that affective polarization really has gotten as bad as the experts say, and we discuss what we can do about it. Paper: https://tinyurl.com/hrywxrl

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With all the noise created by a 24/7 news cycle, it can be hard to really grasp what's going on in politics today. We provide a fresh perspective on the biggest political stories not through opinion and anecdotes, but rigorous scholarship, massive data sets and a deep knowledge of theory. Understand the political science beyond the headlines with Harris School of Public Policy Professors William Howell, Anthony Fowler and Wioletta Dziuda. Our show is part of the University of Chicago Podcast Network.