For this assignment (750 words) answer the following question.
Paper is due by midnight on Sunday, November 28. Each day late results in a half-grade reduction.
Party polarization, both in the electorate and in Congress, has grown considerably more intense in the last decade. Some scholars say that it now threatens the basis of democracy in the United States. Drawing on your textbook, lectures and the story posted on your Week 7 module:
1) define what party polarization is
2) describe two recent indicators of polarization
3) name three factors that contribute to it
4) say what might be done to lessen polarization.
5) Citations: follow this format – https://guides.library.unr.edu/mlacitation/in-textcite
Here are some other sources to draw on:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-the-democrats-have-shifted-left-over-the-last-30-years/ (Links to an external site.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/28/democratic-party-has-moved-left-so-has-us-this-explains-how-why/ (Links to an external site.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/08/far-right-extremism-dominates-gop-it-didnt-start-wont-end-with-trump/
