Gallup recently published data showing that Americans have become more liberal on social issues, and to a lesser extent on economic issues, over the last 20 years. However, that does not mean there is now a majority or even a plurality of the nation aligned on how we should handle major policy issues.
What it does mean is that instead of the back-and-forth stalemate of national politics, governance should be pushed down to local communities as often as possible, where the common ground of sharing a community can often outweigh tribal politics.
The new Gallup data shows that Americans are now […]
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