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I'm living with a mix of Trump and Clinton supporters. People seem divided now, as they have been for a while. Is it possible to create a more united America,
by arikr 9y ago
I'm living with a mix of Trump and Clinton supporters.
People seem divided now, as they have been for a while.
Is it possible to create a more united America, where it doesn't feel like Trump and Clinton supporters mostly cannot get along and see eye to eye?
Here's how I see it. I don't know if this is accurate.
Say there's 5 groups:
- Mainstream liberal, ~29%
- Extreme liberal, ~0.1%
- Mainstream conservative, ~34%
- Extreme conservative, ~0.1%
- Unaffiliated, ~36%
It seems to me like the unaffiliated and mainstream right and mainstream left have a lot in common, and collectively oppose much of the extreme right and left on each side. This is probably an oversimplification.
I wish there were more mainstream candidates on both sides. I wonder if the two party system encourages more extreme candidates, though.