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In a two party political system, '''political polarization''' is "the division of a country’s entire population into two diametrically opposed political camps."<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/political-polarization Political polarization - Britannica]</ref> In two party systems of political governance, political division is primarily driven by binary political ideologies and partisan political identities.<ref>DiMaggio, Paul; Evans, John; Bryson, Bethany (1 November 1996). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022840/http://educ.jmu.edu/~brysonbp/pubs/PBJ.pdf Have American's Social Attitudes Become More Polarized?]" (PDF). American Journal of Sociology. 102 (3): 690–755. doi:10.1086/230995. S2CID 144020785.</ref>

In a two party political system, '''political polarization''' is "the division of a country’s entire population into two diametrically opposed political camps."<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/political-polarization Political polarization - Britannica]</ref> In two party systems of political governance, political division is primarily driven by binary political ideologies and partisan political identities.<ref>DiMaggio, Paul; Evans, John; Bryson, Bethany (1 November 1996). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022840/http://educ.jmu.edu/~brysonbp/pubs/PBJ.pdf Have American's Social Attitudes Become More Polarized?]" (PDF). American Journal of Sociology. 102 (3): 690–755. doi:10.1086/230995. S2CID 144020785.</ref>

However, some [[Political science|political scientists]] maintain that political division is mainly driven by other political dichotomies such as religious vs. irreligious/nonreligious, nationalism against globalism, traditionalism against modernism, or rural against urban.<ref>Chinn, Sedona; Hart, P. Sol; Soroka, Stuart (February 2020). "Politicization and Polarization in Climate Change News Content, 1985-2017". Science Communication. 42 (1): 119–125. doi:10.1177/1075547019900290. S2CID 212781410.</ref>

However, some [[Political science|political scientists]] maintain that political division is mainly driven by other political dichotomies other than two party politics or right vs. left such as [[religion|religious]] vs. [[Secular|irreligious/nonreligious]], [[nationalism]] vs. [[globalism]], traditionalism against modernism, or rural against urban.<ref>Chinn, Sedona; Hart, P. Sol; Soroka, Stuart (February 2020). "[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0002764218759576 Politicization and Polarization in Climate Change News Content], 1985-2017". Science Communication. 42 (1): 119–125. doi:10.1177/1075547019900290. S2CID 212781410.</ref>

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