From: LiveScience
Political Polarization ‘Dangerous,’ Psychologist Says
June 4, 2012
LiveScience:
CHICAGO – For the first time in American political history, Democrats and Republicans have sorted themselves into a perfect left-right split, a prominent political psychologist said this week, calling the result a “dangerous era” in U.S. politics.
Traditionally, political parties have been coalitions of broad groups of people, based more on industry, region and interest group than basic morals, University of Virginia psychologist Jonathan Haidt said here during a lecture at the annual meeting of the Association of Psychological Science.
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