About this episode

Dr. Samara Klar and Dr. David Hopkins discuss the impact of polarized political identities in America and how to address them.

Anyone looking through polarized lenses sees everything darker. How and why have Americans disliked "the other side" more and chosen new, uncompromising political identities? What can be done to "remove" these polarized lenses? Dr. Samara Klar (Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona) and Dr. David Hopkins (Professor of Political Science, Boston College) discuss the nature and consequences of distortions happening to our political environment today. Hear what citizens can do to ...

People in this episode

Host: Sherman Tylawsky

Guests: Dr. Samara Klar, Dr. David Hopkins

Topics covered

• polarization
• political identity
• partisanship
• political science
• citizen engagement

Keywords

• polarized lenses
• political environment
• partisan identities
• American politics
• citizen action

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Arizona, Boston College

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