Psychologist says - Political polarization are dangerous
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.
Since the 1970s and 1980s, however, Americans have increasingly sorted themselves by
liberalism and conservatism, resulting in two political parties that seem almost alien to one another.
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Psychologist says - Political polarization are dangerous
