Analysis Of Culture War? The Myth Of A Polarized America

Today, the animated 20th century American political culture revolves around the widely accepted idea of an ongoing culture war among states and voters alike. The term of a “culture war” is most commonly and enthusiastically used by the journalistic community and is defined as the displacement of ordinary economic conflicts by moral and religious ones in the advanced democracy. Moreover, news, media and other political studies seek to represent pictorially and statistically a deeply divided American citizenry based on the issues of sexuality, morality, and religious. In the novel called Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America, Fiorina with Abrams and Pope argue that there is no culture war in America. At the same time, the novel acknowledges …show more content…
The false sentiments of a nationwide conflict between voters have no resemblance to reality. Politicians, not the majority of the American people, are deeply divided on political issues and views because they spend the majority of their time and effort to participating in politics. The culture war truly reflects the observations of the political class of America. Many political extremists who exert a huge degree of control over the political agenda today dominate the government. This is truly harmful to politics because the nation is becoming centralized and controlled with persons with extreme preferences and who do not represent the electorate. Due to the extreme viewpoints of many persons working in the government, it is difficult for the government to make decisions. An example of this is the current Congress, who has slowed down the legislative processes and activity because they are unwilling to compromise their views. This polarization among the political class hurts America ability to thrive and prosper with the changing times in the world and American society. In the future, it is only a matter of time until the American citizenry will become as polarized as the political class. Measures definitely need to be taken in order create a more moderate nation in which directly correlates with the American electorate. An effective way to change a polarizing political class would be increasing voter participation because if a huge influx of relatively moderate people were going to vote, the candidate would be more likely to move toward the center with their views in order to appeal to the masses. In addition, redistricting reform would help districts become more competitive and increase the accountability of the legislative chamber to the