Vis-à-vis the compromise thread, polarization, and Trump, this primary is pretty indicative of how the polarization is increasing.

Trump's deplorables continue to back him avidly despite his being a misogynist grandstander BECAUSE he is combative and tries to reduce things to black/white confrontations.

The Dems, especially in the NE, are truly starting to crystalize in favor of out and out social democracy (which has never been mainstream for the USA before).


Both camps want the alternate camp obliterated (politically).



I now believe that we are more polarized than at any point in our history prior to 1840 and after the Civil War.



I am still not sure whether Trump is a cause, a symptom, or a bit of both.