The authors are political science professors at Stony Brook.

Their point: The biggest divide isn’t by party.

The biggest divided is by involvement in politics.

The most vocal voices from social media, who are amplified by the mainstream media, come from a relatively small group.

Echoing what Dannagal Young had to say in “Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive our Appetite for Misinformation, the authors talk about two sets of relatively small groups of hyper-engaged partisans.

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Thanks so much for this series of posts and perspective!! You’ve fully validated the way I’ve been feeling for quite some time and I’m glad to know that I’m not alone!

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