How The 1990s Paved The Way For Today’s Political Divide

How The 1990s Paved The Way For Today’s Political Divide

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Red states. Blue waves. These are phrases we hear all the time these days. Political correspondent Steve Kornacki says this is nothing new.

He says it was the ’90s that have brought us today’s polarized politics. In his new book, The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism, Kornacki traces the origin story back several decades.

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