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Is political polarization worse than it's been in the past?
To answer whether political polarization is worse than in the past, it helps to distinguish between the recent past (the last 40 to 50 years) and the deep past (the 19th century).
In short: Yes, polarization is worse than at any point in modern living memory. However, it has not yet reached the ultimate structural collapse of the U.S. Civil War era, though by some legislative metrics, our govern