Americans’ Thinking about Political Division Offers Clues for Communicating about Systemic Reform

“We will soon be releasing a full report with the results of a multi-year, qualitative investigation of Americans’ deep, taken-for-granted ways of thinking about our government, the Constitution, and democracy. In this article, we’re taking a closer look at how themes of partisanship have surfaced in our research, and what those conversations reveal about Americans’ thinking about our political systems more broadly.” The three ‘mindsets’ they identify are likely worth considering in other geographies.