You will hardly be surprised that many Americans see our poor, dear old nation as more divided in the Trump and post-Trump period than we have been in a long time. Article continues after advertisementAsked whether being Christian was a crucial aspect of being a citizen of the country, the lefty-righty gap in the United States was 23 points, compared to just seven points in Britain. But, citing one Pew poll question after another, Zakaria shows just how divided we are. That difference — 42 percentage points — was off the charts compared to the other countries. Still, in case after case, the degree of difference across left and right in the not-so-united United States dwarfed the gap in the U.K., France and Germany, three European states we normally view as our peer nations.

Source: Washington Post May 09, 2022 17:29 UTC