Discuss the Issue of Increasing Polarization in American Politics from the 1990s

question 39

Essay

Discuss the issue of increasing polarization in American politics from the 1990s through 2017.What roles, wittingly or unwillingly, have Presidents Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump played in the divisiveness?

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Definitions:

Counterattitudinal Behaviour

Actions that contradict one's own beliefs or attitudes, often used in experiments to explore cognitive dissonance.

Vignette

A short impressionistic scene that focuses on one moment or character and gives a trenchant impression about that character, an idea, setting, or object.

Classical Conditioning

A learning framework in which the recurrent association of two stimuli results in a response that, while initially evoked by the second stimulus, is subsequently evoked by the first stimulus alone.

Positive Attitude

A mental state or disposition that reflects expectations of favorable outcomes or an optimistic viewpoint.