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[[File:Republican elephant vs. Democrat donkey.png|thumbnail|300px|right|In the United States, political polarization often revolves around [[Republican Party]] vs. [[Democratic Party]] politics.<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>
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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>