Congress is as polarized now as it has been in recent years according to the NYT.
We covered this in class already of course. We've yet to see a major vote this session that was not party line. We may not.
In 2301, we will explore the causes of this which some suggest is due to excessive, and increasingly successful, gerrymandering which packs liberals and conservatives into districts where they can then force representatives to the extreme, and away from the center, of political debate.
On one hand, increased polarization gives voters a clear choice between the parties, on the other it makes compromise -- perhaps -- impossible.
