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The partisan pandemic: Do we now live in alternative realities?

  • Written by Andrea Robbett, Associate Professor of Economics, Middlebury
imageA protestor argues with a counter-protestor in Los Angeles on May 1, 2020.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

Politics can divide even friends and families. When this happens, we like to tell ourselves that the explanation lies in honest differences in values and preferences. From this standpoint, friends from different political parties...

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