UCLA political scientists Lynn Vavreck and Chris Tausanovitch and Vanderbilt’s John Sides argue that political party identity has become increasingly “calcified” in surprising new ways. Their latest book,”The Bitter End, ” describes both the long-term trends and short-term shocks that shaped the 2020 presidential election and continue reverberating today.
What’s driving the increasing distance between the parties and the growing homogeneity within the parties?
Playbook Co-Author Ryan Lizza met Vavreck on UCLA’s campus to learn why so-called “identity-inflected issues” are the great new dimension of political conflict and present a dangerous direction in America.