JimBowie1958
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Obama pollster: Voters divided in 'tribes,' politics 'increasingly segregated, tribal'
And he said that it is his goal at Harvard to mend politics and encourage students to approach voting differently and address race.
"Going back to the founding of America, race has always played a role in our culture and our politics and we shouldn't pretend that it doesn't and we can't and we can't solve for the problem if we pretend that race matters don't matter, because you know what, in this country, race matters really matter and they've always really mattered," said the pollster.
The goal: One tribe of American voters.
"If we don't fix this and our politics is going to continue to be even more segregated and more polarized as the demographics of our country continue to change. If we don't fix for this, I think our future in politics in this country is going to be problematic," said Belcher, adding, "I think you will see more dysfunction. I think you will see our politics, our legislative bodies come to a complete halt, more so than they already have, if we don't solve for this problem, if we can't solve for the tribalism in our politics and be one big tribe and not several separate smaller tribes."
It strikes me that one way of ending the tribalism and polarization of American voters is to STOP SETTING US UP AGAINST EACH OTHER.
And he said that it is his goal at Harvard to mend politics and encourage students to approach voting differently and address race.
"Going back to the founding of America, race has always played a role in our culture and our politics and we shouldn't pretend that it doesn't and we can't and we can't solve for the problem if we pretend that race matters don't matter, because you know what, in this country, race matters really matter and they've always really mattered," said the pollster.
The goal: One tribe of American voters.
"If we don't fix this and our politics is going to continue to be even more segregated and more polarized as the demographics of our country continue to change. If we don't fix for this, I think our future in politics in this country is going to be problematic," said Belcher, adding, "I think you will see more dysfunction. I think you will see our politics, our legislative bodies come to a complete halt, more so than they already have, if we don't solve for this problem, if we can't solve for the tribalism in our politics and be one big tribe and not several separate smaller tribes."
It strikes me that one way of ending the tribalism and polarization of American voters is to STOP SETTING US UP AGAINST EACH OTHER.