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The document discusses how political parties in the US, particularly the Republican party, have become more polarized over time, distancing themselves from their original ideals. This has caused people to lose a sense of political identity and affiliation. However, the document notes a slight sign of hope in bipartisan discussions between representatives of different parties, which could lead the government and public to be more civil and cooperative in the future.

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The document discusses how political parties in the US, particularly the Republican party, have become more polarized over time, distancing themselves from their original ideals. This has caused people to lose a sense of political identity and affiliation. However, the document notes a slight sign of hope in bipartisan discussions between representatives of different parties, which could lead the government and public to be more civil and cooperative in the future.

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The issue of political identity and how people who used to identify themselves in a

certain political party can no longer have trust in their own classification to define their morals or

belief that they once used to stand for is a big current concern. What I have observed is that there

is a slight hope in the future that there is a possibility of bipartisanship within both political

parties.

In Ideological Republican and Group Interest Democrats: The Asymmetry of American

Party Politics, Matt Grossman and David A. Hopkins argue that the Republican Party and the

Democratic Party are fundamentally different, and that the Republican Party is becoming more

conservative, while “broader liberal or leftist movements have faced greater difficulties in

winning political power [within the Democratic Party]” (135). With this reading, it has

confirmed the scared notion that both political parties have unfortunately distanced themselves

from their original political ideals. Unfortunately, it is in consequence of this, that people no

longer know which party they belong to whether it being a Republican, Democrat, Liberal,

Conservative, etc. Due to this, people have had a growing sense of losing a part of their own

identity because of the drastic change in perceptions that their political parties now represent.

However, there is a slight transformation that this ideal might be changing in the future when I

was observing and analyzing panels of opposite political parties having civil conversations of

today’s issues. Representatives Jim McGovern and Tom Reede showed that despite these two

people coming from different political parties, they were able to have a civil and calm discussion

of today’s issues while showing respect to one another. This will have a small, yet powerful

impact in the future of politics and how people see their government because if the government

is supposed to reflect what the American people want to see in their country, what a great
decision but to lead by example. Because once our government is ready to put all feelings and

bias’s aside, then the beginning of change in our policy will begin to arise.

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