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We talk a lot about asymmetrical polarization.
The most troubling asymmetrical polarization is that only one party's leaders believe that democracy is worth preserving and it depends on not demonizing your enemies, or inciting violence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/12/republican-party-trump-authoritarian-data/
The most troubling asymmetrical polarization is that only one party's leaders believe that democracy is worth preserving and it depends on not demonizing your enemies, or inciting violence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/12/republican-party-trump-authoritarian-data/
Only one party has weakened its commitments to democracy, as judged by experts.
Only one party has made demonization of its enemies routine.
And only one party is actively endorsing political violence.
What do you do in a two-party system when one of the two major parties becomes actively hostile to basic principles of democracy?
The only way to deal with an anti-democratic Republican Party is to break up the Republican Party. And the only way to do that is through proportional electoral reforms that break up the Democratic Party, too. https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Two-Party-Doom-Loop-Multiparty/dp/0190913851/