I think i got the drift of the article you cited, that
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-there-are-so-few-moderate-republicans-left/
Why There Are So Few Moderate Republicans LeftAnd why that’s not likely to change.
Lee Drutman ... Would the GOP change course?
This is a question I’ve thought about a lot, and it’s one of the reasons why I argue in my book, “ Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop,” that America’s two-party system is failing us. With the two parties now fully nationalized, deeply sorted by geography and culture, and locked in a tightly contested, zero-sum battle over “ the soul of the nation” and the “ American way of life,” it’s nearly impossible to break that cycle. And so I think it’s unlikely that Republicans will become more moderate even if they were to take the shellacking I’ve outlined above.
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... Moderate Republicans are few and far between
... Extreme right-wing media, activists and donors are increasingly influential
... Voters are becoming more extreme
... Public opinion flips between two extremes
... Few forces of moderation remain
Can a Republican write a similar article about the Democrats?
I take it there is at least one national-level politician sincerely calling for genuine unity to give rise to useful cooperation leading on to solutions. Who is that person?
I take it that the silent majority still exist, and understand if the ship of state is to be set in the usefully forward direction, give & take must happen?
Should the answers be “yes, Republicans can make same charges”, “no one advocating unity first”, “no silent majority, just two irreconcilable camps”, then someone just turned off the light in the crowded bar.
Was there a period in American history similar to the current time? 1970s (Vietnam, Watergate) times? Earlier still time? 60s? Anytime ?
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