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Re:MIT economist believes U.S. is shifting to be more simila... by adrianN on Monday May 22, 2017 @07:52AM (#14392771)
I agree that first past the post is stupid, but the strong divide between Repulicans and Democrats seems to be fairly recent.[1] They used to vote less along party lines. So maybe the rise of mass media is to blame?

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....

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Re:MIT economist believes U.S. is shifting to be more simila... by rbanffy on Monday May 22, 2017 @08:20AM (#14392928)
At some point someone discovered that reporting on a fictional version of reality that confirms the audience's biases was more profitable than reporting on actual facts.
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