‘A Perfect Storm for the Ambitious, Extreme Ideologue’
Is there something unique to the United States that exacerbates partisan animosity, even in good times?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/opinion/populism-polarization-trump-europe.html?smid=em-share
While Norris focuses on “ideological polarization” — differences between the parties on issues — the cross-country trends paper concentrates on what has come to be called “affective polarization.”