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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The country has always been divided. Rural vs Urban, Slave vs Free, Immigrant vs Native, and so forth. Its a large diverse nation with imperial ambitions. Division is baked into the pudding.  Red vs blue is just the most recent incarnation.

It probably can be said to have started in the 90s when the parties consolidated ideologically. [b]Blue Dog Democrats and liberal Republicans all got eliminated in a relatively short window.[/b] That hardened the edges between the parties. [/quote]

As I posted upthread, this was the completion of the "southern strategy" consolidation. It wasn't that they were eliminated.

It is no different now with MAGA taking over the GOP and we are seeing conservative republicans now move to Biden. Eventually, hopefully, MAGA and the organization that is the GOP will go away and a new conservative party will emerge. or The Dems become more of a centrist party and a separate progressive party and separate conservative party emerge.[/quote]

The Southern Strategy predates the ideological consolidation. It was the 1994 election that really began the end of liberal Republicans and conservative Democrats.

Unfortunately, we're stuck with this state of affairs because of the winner take all nature of our elections. Two parties are all that can reasonably exist for any length of time. [/quote]

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