Political Culture

I agree with Zach, Kayla, Lauren, and Sarah in concluding that the political culture is conflictual.  in Brook's article, he states the vast differences in the two types of Americans.  We have the "Red American" who is more of the blue collar, hard working, more "hillbilly" American.  The "Blue American" however was described as this selfish, Starbucks drinking, iPhone using American.  He describes thses two as being nothing alike in terms of beliefs and values.  In Frank's reading, he focuses a lot on the election map of the 2000 election of Bush v. Gore.  He adds that Washington Post's pundit-in-chief stated that "This nation rarely appeared more divided than it does right now".  He also refers to them as being "two different Americas".  I feel as though the 200 election map  is a perfect representation of how the country is divided politically.  Although some opinions in the two major parties do sometimes agree with each other, more often then not, they clash and, intern, created the debates and arguments that ultimately separate the country politically, especially around election time or during a time when the country needs important decisions to be made.  All in all, I do believe that the political culture of America is, in fact, conflictual.