@annaecook That when I do genuinely engage with hard-working everyday people across the political spectrum, we do seem to have common ground. We may disagree on fringe issues, but generally speaking, we can, if we just talk, agree on lots of “kitchen table issues” even if Washington can’t get its act together to do anything about those issues. This gives me hope, whereas the media paints a very us vs them picture when I feel like more of us are in the middle (left or right) than we ever see.