“America isn't breaking apart at the seams. The American dream isn't dying. Our new racial and ethnic complexion hasn't triggered massive outbreaks of intolerance. Our generations aren't at each other's throats. They're living more interdependently than at any time in recent memory, because that turns out to be a good coping strategy in hard times. Our nation faces huge challenges, no doubt. So do the rest of the world's aging economic powers. If you had to pick a nation with the right stuff to ride out the coming demographic storm, you'd be crazy not to choose America, warts and all.” GenerationsConflictEconomicsAgingPopulationAmerican DreamAmerican PoliticsAmerican CultureRace RelationsRace And Racism In AmericaDemographicsInterdependencePublic PolicyWorkforceAgeismRace In AmericaGeneration GapRecessionThe American DreamAging PopulationU S PoliticsProblems Of TodayDemographics Of United StatesU S CultureDemograghic ShiftsDemographics Of UsAging WorkforceAmerican PopulationGemographic ShiftU S Population Book:The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown Source: The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown
“There's no evidence from decades of Pew Research surveys that public opinion, in the aggregate, is more extreme now than in the past. But what has changed -- and pretty dramatically -- is the growing tendency of people to sort themselves into political parties based on their ideological differences.” PoliticsNewsResearchIdeologyVotingPolitical PartiesPublic OpinionSegregationAmerican PoliticsAmerican CultureExtremismPartisansFactionsPublic PolicyAmericansPartisanshipCurrent EventsPolarizationIdeologuesCategorizationCurrent AffairsIdeologiesPolitical BeliefsChanging TimesU S PoliticsVoter BehaviorFactionalismSelf Segregation Book:The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown Source: The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown