Political Analysis of the Current Divide Among US Voters

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<center>A Quick Political Analysis of the Current Divide Among US Voters
by Beth Isbell, January 12, 2010</center>
The current political split in USA can be explained by 2 factors: (1) religious views, & (2) where one stands on the "keep your hands off of my stack" spectrum, ... ie, the degree to which one sees an issue influencing financial spending as one of purely personal responsibility v. one of providing a necessary service or benefit to the community, advancing the collective social good, & thus, shared responsibility.

I'm referring to basically 48% of folks supporting Democrats & 48% of folks supporting Republicans ... the vast majority of all of our difference fall into one of these two categories, certainly the vast majority of the most divisive ones!

And while this may change slightly to favor liberal policies as younger generations come to voting age, while younger voters may increasingly be more tolerant of social, cultural, sexual, racial, and even religious differences, (and 9/11 may actually have a negative influence on the rate of this change), they are not necessarily more tolerant of spending their own money to help others ... so any significant progress in breaking this deadlock may still be a long way in the future, if ever.