Why do think that the country is so sharply divided ideologically?

Answer question

Take the Pew Center’s political ideology quiz found here: Quiz.

Political Typology Quiz


Study your results, and also read about the other ideological categories.

Discuss the Pew Center quiz results in the context of the other readings.

Were you surprised by the category that the Pew Center tool placed you in?

Do these categories help you understand ideology?

Are any ideological types missing from these categories?

Why do think that the country is so sharply divided ideologically?

Background Materials

1. OpenStax, American Government, Chapter 6
https://openstax.org/books/american-government-2e/pages/6-introduction

2. Michael Dimok and Richard Wike, “America is Exceptional in the Nature of Its Political Divide
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/11/13/america-is-exceptional-in-the-nature-of-its-political-divide/

3. Taryn Luna, Melanie Mason, and Melody Gutierrez
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-06-25/as-blue-and-red-states-fight-over-abortion-guns-and-covid-newsom-seizes-an-opportunity

4. Stephen Hawkins and Tommy Flint
https://ksr.hkspublications.org/2016/07/20/two-stories-one-america-how-political-narratives-shape-our-understanding-of-reality/