Wikipedia Reference: Polarization, In politics, polarization (or polarisation) refers to the divergence of political attitudes to ideological extremes. Polarization can refer to such divergence in public opinion as a whole, or to such divergence within a particular sub-set or group (like party elites). Almost all discussions of polarization in political science consider polarization in the context of political parties and democratic systems of governance. When polarization occurs in a two-party system, like the United States, moderate voices often lose power and influence.
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