Americans just completed a brutal election campaign that left half of the country ecstatic and the other half despairing and wondering if the next four years will imperil American democracy itself. The chasm in reactions to Donald Trump’s election represents a kind of polarization that has severed relationships, produced violence, and spawned countless conspiracy theories. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] As unprecedented as it may seem, however, Americans have been here before.
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