Etcpie’s Reviews > Why We're Polarized > Status Update

trump was the most polarizing figure in american politics up to that point, but to the conservatives, so was hillary clinton. voting for her, or bernie, or anyone else, was incomprehensible.

so far, it’s been really cool to hear how political divide has evolved over time. the concept that we aren’t more extreme now, just more sorted, really shits on the now-lauded phrase “works with democrats and republicans” because, before we were so well sorted, working across the aisle meant working with someone ideologically similar to you, not party aligned.