It’s That Time of the Decade

Well, it’s that time of the decade again. The political polarization of our time has hit its quadrennial peak. Anyone who pays attention to American politics knows that Congress is gridlocked and the two parties consistently refuse to work together but the divisiveness in our country is not only a result of the two-party system or because this is an election year. The problem of polarized politics is rooted in both the methods in which candidates and strategists try to win national votes and how voters examine small parts of a candidate’s platform. For months the Democrats have tried to…