Why Are US Politics Today So Divisive?: Crash Course US Government #1

How did U.S. politics get so divisive? In this episode of Crash Course Big Questions: U.S. Government and Politics, we’ll pull back the curtain on how Republican and Democrat became synonymous with “conservative” and “liberal,” and why politics today has gotten so polarized and personal.

For supplemental resources related to the topics covered in this episode, check out: https://usafacts.org/crash-course/political-polarization