As the United States approaches the 2022 Midterm Congressional elections, it is useful to step back and take a look at what our political parties mean today. Both of these parties extend far back into our history: the Democrats claim their origins lie with Thomas Jefferson’s Republican Party (sometimes called the Democratic/Republican Party for the sake of clarity, although I don’t that clarifies very much), while the Republicans trace their party back to 1854 when the party emerged as a coalition of anti-slavery groups in the country prior to the Civil War.
These data seem to indicate that Americans are so wide apart in their political views that we live in different realities. I despair.
Great piece today! Go Pew!