US 2.0: Not at the Dinner Table

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🗓️ 19 February 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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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 bring you a favorite 2020 conversation with political scientist Yanna Krupnikov, who offers an alternative way to understand Americans’ political views.

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0:00.0	Today's show is brought to you by T-Mobile for business.
0:04.0	This is Hidden Brain. I'm Shankar Vedanta.
0:08.0	We typically divide the United States into two political categories, conservative, Democrats have blocked us at every
0:16.7	turn.
0:17.7	The Republicans are not serious.
0:20.3	Finding common ground between these two groups, reaching across the aisle,
0:26.0	far-lapped radical base, has become increasingly rare.
0:29.0	Because we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle.
0:33.8	This is true not just in a metaphorical sense.
0:37.0	In one study, researchers looked at more than 1400 hours of tape on C-SPAN. On C-SPAN 2.
0:44.0	The Senate will come to order the
0:45.0	general after hour of hearings,
0:48.0	roads and bridges and airports,
0:50.0	Congress is a very important pillar.
0:52.0	Testimony. Keystone Excel, trans-Canada. Congress is a very important pillar.
0:52.7	Testimony.
0:53.7	Keystone Excel, Trans-Canada.
0:55.8	The clerk will call the roll.
0:58.5	After all these hours watching C-SPAN,
1:00.8	researchers concluded that since the 1990s, Democrats and Republicans in the US Senate
1:06.2	have physically crossed the aisle less and less to interact with opposing colleagues. That means senators are staying with their
1:14.2	like-minded colleagues not just in the legislation they are trying to pass, but
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