Conrad Hackett Nov 29, 2022

US: Pew Research Center analysis finds that Democrats and Republicans in Congress are now farther apart ideologically than at any time in the past 50 years. Republicans have moved further to the right than Democrats have to the left.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/03/10/the-polarization-in-todays-congress-has-roots-that-go-back-decades/ #PewResearch

The polarization in today’s Congress has roots that go back decades

On average, Democrats and Republicans are farther apart ideologically today than at any time in the past 50 years.

Pew Research Center
Show threadMeganNov 29, 2022
@conradhackett As a Canadian, I’m surprised the graph shows Democrats having moved even a little left. US politics always looks so right wing — from both parties — from the outside.
Show threadKathy E. Gill 🇺🇦

@PapyrusBrigade @conradhackett

Because we are more conservative overall (especially since Reagan, 1981-1989), our left has been shackled.

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