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Perhaps the One Thing All American Voters Can Agree On.
The issue that unites the average voters on both the left and the right.
Considering the context of American history, I think it’s safe to say we are definitely living in the midst of one of the most charged, politically polarized moments since the civil war. Over the past few years in particular, the tension between the political parties and the ideologies we associate them with has increased drastically, and the divide has become impossible to ignore. With the polarization only increasing as time goes on. I’m sure I’m not alone in finding it difficult to imagine a country that is ever able to fully heal.
All that being said, there is one issue that seems to have risen above all the others, and has been a common uniting factor among both the left and the right. Regardless of where we stand when it comes to healthcare reform, criminal justice reform, immigration, or the environment, it seems that almost every American can agree on the toxicity and corrupting influence of money in politics, and the private financing of elections.
Over the past forty years the slow, steady, corporate and oligarchic takeover of the American government has taken its toll on nearly every single aspect of our lives. Whether it be the loved ones we send overseas to fight yet…
