Culture: Elect to be civil
From the October 2016 issue of The Rotarian
A couple of years ago, researchers at Princeton and Stanford released a study of American political attitudes that was, in a word, terrifying.
The most shocking finding was that political prejudice is now more acute than racial bigotry. What’s more, it is voters who are driving the cycle of contempt and confrontation in Washington. Those intractable politicians we love to rant about are, in fact, acting on our orders.
Another study, by political scientists Alan Abramowitz and Steven Webster at Emory University, offers more grim news. Americans are…
