Hot dogs are underrated.

Wait, why are hot dogs underrated?

I feel like hot dogs are overrated.

You haven't had the right hot dog scale it.

I guess because New York is known for hot dogs, right?

So they're like the perfect handheld food, first of all.

They're a taco.

They're a taco.

Okay.

These are the hard questions we were going to talk about polarization,

but instead we're just going to talk about hot dogs.

Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics podcast.

I'm Galen Vruke.

We've known for a long time that partisan polarization has been driving voter behavior.

But this month showed us just how far that polarization has gone.

From I disagree with you to I don't like you.

And eventually to you have no legitimate claim to political power.

And I'll resort to violence to stop you from getting it.

My colleagues Amelia Thompson DeVoe and Maggie Curth

looked at their research behind how we got here,

how it's shaping our country,

and whether Biden's message of unity or anything else for that matter

...