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Pew Survey Shows Deep Partisan Divide, Fear Among Voters

Image: Pew Research Center
Image: Pew Research Center

Partisanship isn't new, but a recent Pew survey finds us more deeply divided now that at any time in the past 25 years. And we don't just disagree. Large numbers of partisans actually fear the other side.  Baldwin Wallace University Political Science professor Tom Sutton joins us to discuss partisanship, past and present.

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Pew Research Center Survey: Partisanship and Political Animosity 2016

Dr. Tom Sutton; Director, Community Research Institute; Professor of Political Science; Baldwin Wallace University