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Multiple Studies Show the Vast Majority of Americans, in Both Red & Blue States, Want the Same Things on a majority of issues, and are Not as Divided as Partisan Media portray us
Partisan Media give a distorted impression of Deep Divisions between the American People, along Party Lines If one watches and listens only to the Opinion Shows of the most Partisan Media in the United States today, you would think that Americans are deeply divided 50/50 into Republican and Democratic warring tribes on all issues. And,
Independents Now Outnumber both Republicans & Democrats by 2 to 1!
Updated: August 17, 2021 Results of Periodic Gallup Polls of Party Affiliation: (Percentages rounded in chart above) Latest Polls during 2022 through 2024: Latest Polls during 2020 and 2021: Find Further Updates on Gallup News – Party Affiliation »
Polls Show that a Record High 62% of Americans Now Believe Neither Party Adequately Represents them!
A Gallup Poll released on February 15, 2021, has found that: “Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults say the ‘parties do such a poor job representing the American people that a third party is needed.’” This is a record high percentage of Americans wanting a third party – in the history of Gallup’s polling on this
Does Congress Represent The People? NO! – Study finds Public Support has NO Impact on whether an idea becomes law, but Wealthy Elites have Major Impact! – We have the Power to fix that!
Princeton Study: Does the U.S. Government Represent the People? from Tom Curren on Vimeo. Video by Tom Curren for Represent.us What can we do about this? A number of nonprofit organizations, including Represent.us, are working for reform proposals to make our electoral system better represent us, the People. We at the Center Majority of America
Congress Has Become Increasingly Divided along Partisan Lines and Dysfunctional!
This 60-second animation by Business Insider shows how increasingly divided Congress has become since 1949. It illustrates how the Bipartisan working relationships among members of Congress have continually declined, to the point where they now virtually have disappeared entirely! This means Congress has become more and more dysfunctional. Video animation by Businesss Insider, based on
How America’s Two-Party Doom Loop is Driving Division & Reforms Needed to Fix This – Video by Unite America, a Nonpartisan Organization
Important Video by Unite America, a nonpartisan organization. According to Unite America, “We’re in a doom loop of toxic politics,” says political reform scholar Lee Drutman. In a new video from Unite America, Drutman’s doom loop theory is explained as we unpack how the doom loop threatens the very fabric of our nation. How did
Outrage & Polarization – How Social Media Divides Us (Video by Psychology of Technology Institute)
YouTube Video by the Psychology of Technology Institute As explained by the Institute: The Psychology of Technology Institute is excited to present our brand new video essay on Outrage & Polarization. The video describes how social media deranges our politics and what we can do to fix it. It features insights from three amazing scholars:
Disinformation is One of America’s Most Serious Problems! – What is Disinformation? – How does it work to Dupe Us? – What Can we Do About it?
Did you know that Disinformation (deliberately false and fabricated narratives) works to dupe you by stoking your fears, outrage, anger, and hatred to take control of your emotions, so that over a period of time, without your being aware of it, you lose the ability to think for yourself! The current Disinformation Pandemic in the
Unbreaking America: Solving the Corruption Crisis – Important Video by Represent.us
“Our government is broken, and we have to fix it. Represent.Us board member Jennifer Lawrence and Director of Represent.Us Josh Silver, walk through three lines that show what’s wrong with legal corruption in our government, how we can fix it and what you can do about it.”