Recently the NY Times released a poll showing that almost two-thirds of voters now believe that we’re too politically divided to solve the nation’s problems. The same poll showed that concerns about political polarization are now the second-highest concern of American voters, behind the economy but ahead of health care, crime, inequality and foreign policy.
Cf: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/opinion/hope-grace-michigan-shooting.html