Americans Divided on Many Fronts Ahead of Election

All indications are that this year’s U.S. presidential election will be a close contest between the incumbent Democrat, President Barack Obama, and his presumptive Republican challenger, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. One of the reasons why the election is expected to be close is that the United States remains a politically polarized nation. ​​​​​​America’s political polarization has been building for decades. Partisan battles in Congress over budgets and the size of government ...