(10-01-2021, 04:00 PM)Jinx999 Wrote: https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalbal...mp-voters/
Shows just how polarised America has become.
The actual practical policies of the two parties are reasonably similar, but there is no trust between the parties.
The main issues between the two parties isn't quite as simple as mere distrust. That distrust is there for a reason, and it's rooted in how those similar policies are acted upon, as well as where those similarities end.
For example, both sides have populist policies. But where Democrats desire a more moderate approach, Republicans want highly reactive and extremist measures that will hurt more people than they'll help.
As for their actual differences... There's bad on both sides, to be honest. Less on the Democrats than Republicans, but still.
For Republicans, we have things like these new anti-abortion laws that have had many of us going, "...and you people unironically bitch about Sharia Law while you pull this kind of shit!?" Meanwhile, most Democrats would like to respect women's reproductive rights.
And then there's been the Gun Regulation discourse. The NRA still holds sway with a lot of Republican voters, and a few I've talked to online think that even people who've committed crimes using firearms should still be permitted to hold one. (Just for the record, I think that's fucking idiotic, and a clear sign that, just like Beau of the Fifth Column said about that Glock mod that makes it look like a Lego toy, these people are their own worst enemy.)
Democrats, meanwhile, still call for outright blanket bans of all kinds, from banning specific types of gun (e.g.: assault rifles), to banning entire classes of fire arms (all semiautomatic firearms), to even banning all guns period.
(For the record, I'm still of the opinion that if you ban all firearms, people of a mind to do so will resort to far more indiscriminate means of either making their point or gaining their fifteen minutes of fame. Bombs have never been easier to make - a cheap burner phone, a raspberry pi, and your choice of hardware and household chemicals is all you need.)