Talking politics with relatives around the holidays can be tricky territory.

Omna Nawaz has more on how to handle conversation if it veers too far in that direction.

Millions of Americans are spending more time gathering with family and loved ones this Thanksgiving.

But more time together can also mean more tension, especially when conversations drift into politics or other touchy topics.

In fact, our latest PBS News NPR Maris poll found Americans find it increasingly difficult to talk politics with each other.

85% of Democrats describe Republicans as closed-minded. 82% of Republicans said the same thing about Democrats.

Here's what a few of our poll respondents shared with us.

I do find it difficult to talk politics with anyone who is on the other side of the,

you know, aisle for lack of a better way to say it.

I don't feel like very many people have very much civility when it comes to politics these days.

It feels like we're living in completely different realities.

Like they're living somewhere else where I'm not living.

Like the facts aren't aligning.

The world is not the same,

which makes it really frustrating. People feel really strongly in their views one way or another, and I think that I've noticed that more than ever people really dug into how they feel,

and there's not much persuasion taking place. There's a lot of

griping and say a lot of division. Because you seem to walk on eggshells when you talk because

you know it's going to cause a rift or it's going to be contentious or they're going to say

something that's going to make me angry or I'm going to say something that's going to make me angry

or I'm going to say something that's going to make them angry. If they're going to be,

have their heels dug in, I'm going to have my heels dug in. So it's automatically contentious.

My household is a two-party household.

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