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Neither Presidential Candidate Can Unite the Nation
A majority of people believe the country is divided and neither presidential candidate can generate nation unity
A majority of people believe the country is divided and neither presidential candidate can generate national unity.
Results of a recent survey found that a majority of Americans think the U.S is greatly divided and most do not think either presidential candidate, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, is capable of unifying the country. James Robertson, a Civil War historian at Virginia Tech, sees parallels between the current time and the 1850s with its lead-up to the Civil War. In his evaluation, the current time is the second-most divisive time in U.S. history.
According to the results of the survey, 73 percent of those responding indicated a belief that Trump would further divide the country while 43 percent indicated the same belief about Clinton. Only 34 percent believed that Clinton would bring about unity and about half of that number, 17 percent, believed Trump would bring about unity. Among Republican respondents, 38 percent believed Trump would bring about national unity.
For 25 percent of the respondents, the main thing that divides Americans is political interests or values; for 18 percent, it is economic interests or values; and for 14 percent, it is race and racism. A large majority, 72 percent of the respondents, felt that the news media focus too much on the discord in America, and 63 percent cited some politicians and elected officials as putting too much focus on divisions.
Freedom or liberty was named most frequently as the thing that unites Americans (16 percent) and the second-most cited unifier was tragedy or crises (10 percent).
The survey was conducted June 23-27, 2016, by AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs research and consisted of online or phone interviews of 1,008 adults.
http://politicalblindspot.com/neither-presidential-candidate-can-unite-the-nation/
Neither Presidential Candidate Can Unite the Nation
A majority of people believe the country is divided and neither presidential candidate can generate nation unity
A majority of people believe the country is divided and neither presidential candidate can generate national unity.
Results of a recent survey found that a majority of Americans think the U.S is greatly divided and most do not think either presidential candidate, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, is capable of unifying the country. James Robertson, a Civil War historian at Virginia Tech, sees parallels between the current time and the 1850s with its lead-up to the Civil War. In his evaluation, the current time is the second-most divisive time in U.S. history.
According to the results of the survey, 73 percent of those responding indicated a belief that Trump would further divide the country while 43 percent indicated the same belief about Clinton. Only 34 percent believed that Clinton would bring about unity and about half of that number, 17 percent, believed Trump would bring about unity. Among Republican respondents, 38 percent believed Trump would bring about national unity.
For 25 percent of the respondents, the main thing that divides Americans is political interests or values; for 18 percent, it is economic interests or values; and for 14 percent, it is race and racism. A large majority, 72 percent of the respondents, felt that the news media focus too much on the discord in America, and 63 percent cited some politicians and elected officials as putting too much focus on divisions.
Freedom or liberty was named most frequently as the thing that unites Americans (16 percent) and the second-most cited unifier was tragedy or crises (10 percent).
The survey was conducted June 23-27, 2016, by AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs research and consisted of online or phone interviews of 1,008 adults.
http://politicalblindspot.com/neither-presidential-candidate-can-unite-the-nation/
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