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America’s fault lines were visible long before the pandemic started and recent protests against police brutality took place in 

 is a political scientist at the University of Maryland, where she researches the nation’s stark ideological divide. 

“Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity,”

 digs into the ways in which identity fosters deep divisions and feelings of distrust between Democrats and Republicans, even in instances where they might have similar policy goals or ideas. 

 about those fault lines a lot in this moment and how public opinion is shifting. She joined MPR News host Kerri Miller Thursday. 

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America’s fault lines were visible long before the pandemic and recent protests against police brutality, but are those divides shifting? A political scientist who focuses on polarization describes how people’s beliefs are evolving.

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