Political Culture

   I agree with Alyse and many others by saying that Americas political culture today is very conflictual. Even though Brook's piece on Red America vs. Blue America was a little far fetched in the idea that all republicans are hillbillies and all democrats are Starbucks-loving hipsters, his idea that America basically has two lifestyles is pretty spot on. Red states often have beliefs surrounded around religion and Blue states often just flot around and tend not to revolve their decisions around religion. Frank says that this same divide can be seen at the presidential election of 2000. The easy to see divide between half of America can be seen clearly in the poll of said election. Also, Frank says that Red Americans tend to base their political views off of their morals. As a result of the morals, they usually don't like same sex marriage and abortion. Blue Americans tend to have a more realistic view when it comes to political views. This makes them ok with same sex marriage and supporters of abortion. Even though the divide between the two doesn't go as far as Brooks thinks it does, it does extend pretty far. If someone from one side agrees with another, they'll usually have a variation of what they like that doesn't agree completely with the other person's views. Today in society you can see the divide simply in same sex marriage cases. One side says something and the other says no to their ideas. It's as simple as that.



In this article you can see yet another standpoint on the ongoing divide conversation:http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/12/red_versus_blue_states_a_divide_worth_having.html