There is an overwhelming amount of noise from both sides on all issues. That atmosphere essentially dictates two high-level outlooks you can have: Define partie

There is an overwhelming amount of noise from both sides on all issues. That atmosphere essentially dictates two high-level outlooks you can have: Define parties by their reasonable people (benefit of the doubt), or define parties by their unreasonable people ("look at what this leftwing/rightwing nutjob said").