American Politics as a Power Keg

• Deep ideological divides, demographic shifts, social media outrage, and Donald Trump’s polarizing politics have increased the potential for political violence.

• The political center, with mixed liberal and conservative positions, decreased from 49% in 1994 to 39% in 2014.

• Racial composition has changed significantly, with white individuals identifying as 80% of the population in 1980, and Hispanic and Asian individuals increasing from 8% to 25%.

• Ideological differences exist between the two partisans on issues like immigration, gun rights, abortion, and gay and transgender rights.

• Right-wing partisanship increases, with unfavourable views of each other increasing from 16% in 1994 to 38% and 43% in 2014.

• Social media platforms like X have weaponized polarisation, with 73% of tweets about politics generated by just 6% of X users.

• Donald Trump’s anti-establishment figure has polarized American politics, channeling white Christian nationalism and polarizing the Republican Party.

• Trump’s blame for violence is unfounded, as he ignored the violence suffered by Democratic politicians and his supporters.

• The historical context of America’s history of white supremacy, racism, gender discrimination, and vigilante violence is a historical context.

• Illiberalism, a powerful current, is seen in aspects like racial inequalities in incarceration.

American Political Tensions is important topic for Civil service exam (WBCS).

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