Among those highly engaged in politics—those who say they vote regularly and either volunteer for or donate to campaigns—fully 70 percent of Democrats and 62 percent of Republicans say they are afraid of the other party.73 When we think the other side is awful, we are fine with treating them that way. So a liberal gadfly gets acclaim for posting a video of Mitch McConnell stumbling on a stage (McConnell has difficulty walking due to childhood polio).74 Or President Trump wins cheers for promoting a wholly made-up claim that Bill Clinton was responsible for convicted sex offender Jeffrey
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