> Distribution of political opinion doesn't have a central peak. But I'm not talking about "political opinion". I'm talking about "common sense" (reflective of

> Distribution of political opinion doesn't have a central peak. But I'm not talking about "political opinion". I'm talking about "common sense" (reflective of things that may lie at the core of policies devoid of partisan spin). For example, according to a recent poll [0], a significant majority of Americans support immigration. A visiting alien might think that a consensus policy position could be achieved based on a result like that. Clearly however, that's not the case in reality. Similarly for background checks on gun buyers [1], yet, like immigration, it seems that when couched in absolutist, us-vs-them rhetoric, bipartisan policy is totally out of reach. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/23/us/immigration-polls-donald-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/23/us/immigration-polls-dona... [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-poll/over-90-percent-of-americans-support-gun-background-checks-poll-idUSBRE9160LW20130207 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-poll/over-90-per...