Record-High 77% of Americans Perceive Nation as Divided

Record-High 77% of Americans Perceive Nation as Divided, by Jeffrey Jones of Gallup.

Seventy-seven percent of Americans, a new high, believe the nation is divided on the most important values, while 21% believe it is united and in agreement. Over the past 20+ years, the public has tended to perceive the nation as being more divided than united, apart from two surveys conducted shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Record-High 77% of Americans Perceive Nation as Divided

All major subgroups of Americans share the view that the nation is divided, though Republicans (68%) are less likely to believe this than independents (78%) and Democrats (83%)….

Trump’s ability to unite the country is also handicapped by the limited goodwill he has from the opposition party. About one in 10 Democrats have a positive opinion of Trump, far less than the three in 10 Democrats who viewed Bush positively in 2000 and the roughly one in three Republicans rating Obama positively in 2008.

The politically correct media and the global elite’s policies on money and immigration have a lot to answer for.