Not at the Dinner Table

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain Media

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🗓️ 26 October 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

We typically divide the country into two distinct groups: Democrats and Republicans. But what if the real political divide in our country isn't between "left" and "right"? What if it's between those who care intensely about politics, and those who don’t? This week we talk to Yanna Krupnikov, a political scientist at Stony Brook University, about an alternative way to understand Americans' political views.

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0:00.0	This is Hidden Brain, I'm Shankar Vedanta.
0:06.0	We typically divide the United States into two political categories.
0:10.6	Conservative, democracy, block us at every turn.
0:14.2	And liberal.
0:15.2	Frankly, I don't care what the Republicans say.
0:17.7	Finding common ground between these two groups.
0:19.8	Who is on listen?
0:20.8	Who is on your listen?
0:21.8	Reaching across the aisle.
0:22.8	To their far-latched radical base.
0:24.5	Has become increasingly rare.
0:26.3	As we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle.
0:30.8	This is true not just in a metaphorical sense.
0:33.6	In one study, researchers looked at more than 1400 hours of tape.
0:37.8	Now, I've sent it coverage on C-SPAN.
0:39.5	On C-SPAN 2.
0:40.5	The Senate will come to order the chat.
0:43.0	Hour after hour of hearings.
0:44.5	There's probably roads and bridges and air-pods.
0:46.5	Committee mark-up sessions.
0:47.5	Congress is a very important pillar.
0:49.6	Testimony.
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