Beyond Polarization: Finding a Way Forward
After the Fact
English - December 15, 2023 13:07 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsGovernment News Politics pew Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Stat: 57%: The percentage of Americans who believe that partisan conflicts receive too much attention these days.
Story: A majority of Americans say partisan fighting gets too much attention while important issues facing the country get too little. In the final episode of our season on polarization, Utah Governor Spencer Cox says elected officials can do better at bridging our political divides. He is chair of the National Governors Association and leads an initiative called Disagree Better* that is aimed not at ending disagreements, but in improving dialogue, building understanding, and respectfully listening to others. We also hear from Columbia University’s Peter T. Coleman about how we arrived at this level of polarization.
*The Pew Charitable Trusts is a funder of the Disagree Better initiative.