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
@conradhackett
My theory is that competent Government is invisible, so people start to take it for granted as the status quo, and get increasingly irritated by the minor things (not understanding how important they may be to the overall smooth running). So they start to be attracted by the seductive simple lies of the immoral far right which tell them they can avoid such irritations as paying tax or supporting others who need it (forgetting that might be themselves one day).
And here we are!
Conrad Hackett 
Kim Spence-Jones #FBPE