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A newly released Pew Research Poll confirmed what most of us have already known to be true: the political divide in the U.S. is worsening, with more Republicans and Democrats looking at each other with contempt.
In 2016, the year Donald Trump was elected president, about 47 percent of Republicans polled said they found Democrats to be more dishonest or immoral than their fellow Americans. Today, that number has increased to 72 percent.
Democrats are not too far behind.
About 63 percent polled said they found Republicans immoral or dishonest, compared with 35 percent in 2016. The survey found that 62 percent of Republicans have “very unfavorable” views of Democrats, and 54 percent of Democrats share those feelings towards Republicans.
To put the numbers in perspective, the Pew poll noted that in 1994, fewer than 25 percent of Americans expressed “very unfavorable” views of supporters for the opposing party.
The survey was conducted among 6,174 Americans between 27 June and 4 July.
TRENDPOST: In our 12 January 2021 article, “DEMOCRATS: IMPEACH TRUMP,” we forecast the formation of a new political party to replace the two-party system that no longer represents We The People of Slavelandia.
We said some of the platforms of the new party will be anti-vax, anti-tax, anti-immigrant, anti-war, anti-Big Brother.
The newly released Pew poll supports our forecast. The survey found that the public is growing tired of the two-party system.
Nearly 80 percent of independent voters told Pew that they often wish there was another party to choose from.
“Democrats are more likely than Republicans to express a desire for more political parties: 38 percent of those who identify with the Democratic Party say this describes their views extremely or very well, compared with 21 percent of Republicans,” Pew said. “Yet it is among independents and others who do not identify with a party that the sentiment is most pronounced: 48 percent say it describes their views extremely or very well, including 48 percent of those who lean Republican and 53 percent of those who lean Democratic.”
The Pew poll falls in line with other recent surveys that show a widening divide in the country. The University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics conducted a study in May that found, regardless of party affiliation, over 28 percent of those polled said it may “be necessary at some point soon for citizens to take up arms against the government.”
When broken down, a total of 36 percent of Republicans agreed with the comment compared to 20 percent who identified as a Democrat.
The survey found that two-thirds of those who identified as Republican or independent agreed with the statement that the government is “corrupt and rigged” against them. About 50 percent of Democrats who were polled agreed with the statement.
The divide is expected to only worsen after it was revealed last week that Attorney General Merrick Garland approved the FBI raid at Donald Trump’s home to search for documents he is believed to have taken from the White House.