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What’s It’s Like to Be a Political Moderate Working in a Ridiculously Polarized Senate

Posted June 28th, 2016 at 5:49 pm (UTC-4)
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I believe firmly in democratic participation and transparency. And so it pains me to recognize that Americans who choose to participate in politics are angrier and more ideological than those who do not, and that this ideological participation in politics leads to greater polarization and gridlock.