Especially as the midterm elections approach, there’s an unavoidable stream of news about politics in crisis: words like “polarization” and “tribalism” paint a portrait of voters retreating intransigently to their respective corners (or, more accurately, social media bubbles).
A new poll gives a clearer picture of what that “tribalism” looks like: Americans differ not just on their ideology or political team, but on the issues they view as problems.
Pew presented registered voters with 18 issues, asking those voters how big of a problem each issue is.
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