![]() ![]() Americans in Wisconsin began casting ballots Tuesday in a controversial presidential primary held despite a state-wide stay-at-home order and concern that the election could expose thousands of voters and poll workers to the coronavirus. ![]() On a “feeling thermometer” scale, where 0 degrees is cold, 50 degrees is neutral and 100 degrees is warm, feelings toward fellow Democrats or Republicans over the decades have consistently hovered in the 70-degree range.Ī woman checks in to cast her ballot during a Democratic presidential primary election at the Kenosha Bible Church gym in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on April 7, 2020. “Along the way, it makes people increasingly willing to support candidates who undermine democracy and to favor violence in support of their political goals,” Finkel continued.Īmericans have long felt affection for people who share their political views. “The current state of political sectarianism produces prejudice, discrimination and cognitive distortion, undermining the ability of government to serve its core functions of representing the people and solving the nation’s problems,” said lead author Eli Finkel, a professor of social psychology at both Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and Kellogg School of Management, in a statement. ![]() President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are locked in a heated race in a highly polarized US. ![]()
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