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Originally Posted by Detroitdad
I agree, but I think that the incivility has taken an uptick in this decade, largely because of the demographic parity that has put the parties on relatively equal footing. This, combined with more statistical techniques in campaigning and turnout has driven down the standard of political decorum to resemble a Jerry Springer show, without all the redeeming qualities.
Hopefully, some demographic changes that will push the parties into a postion of winning votes on policies rather than polemics.
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Won't happen.
We govern based on diatribe and catastrophe or crisis. Once you become a bureaucratic behemoth such as we are, it takes strange events to turn the gigantic ship around.