In a YouGov poll in May 2019, eight in ten who identified with a party did not believe that those across the aisle share the same values. Two-thirds of Republicans regard Democratic policies as bad or dangerous (with 40 percent calling them “dangerous”). Nearly as many Democrats say the same about GOP policies: 63 percent say they are bad or dangerous, with 36 percent using the term “dangerous.”54 In 2016, according to a Pew Research Center survey, 55 percent of Democrats and 58 percent of Republicans viewed the other party in deeply negative terms. That was a considerable increase from 2000,
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