Source: The Hill
by Nick Stephanopoulos
“Polarization, a scholar has quipped, is a problem that no one can explain or solve. We know that a vast ideological gulf now separates most Democratic from most Republican politicians. We also know that highly polarized politicians poorly represent many of their constituents, who remain comparatively moderate. But we’re not sure why polarization has arisen or what we can do about it. As a pathology of American politics that has developed over decades, polarization probably has no single cause or cure. One major driver of polarization, however, is just starting to come into focus: Many politicians may be representing their constituents poorly because they don’t know what their constituents want.” (09/26/24)
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4898759-polarization-political-representation/