Consider:* Nearly six in 10 Republicans (57 percent) think that “a culture grounded in Christian religious beliefs” is important to our American identity. * Two-thirds of Democrats cite the “mixing of cultures and values from around the world” as fundamentally American. What's both fascinating and deeply problematic — from a political perspective — is that neither side has enough people to declare victory over the other. And to harden your own views of politics and what makes America great — or even America. If we can't agree on what being “American” really means, it's going to be very hard to find common ground on anything else.

Source: Washington Post March 06, 2017 19:44 UTC