What Does Partisan Polarization Look Like

question 19

Multiple Choice

What does partisan polarization look like?

• A)Partisans take to the streets, armed and prepared for street battles with the opposing party.
• B)Party identifiers maintain the same militancy they have always possessed, continuing their dislikes and slurs against the other party.
• C)Party identifiers become violent in their campaigning.
• D)Party identifiers become more militant, as do dislikes and slurs against the other party.

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