Source: Politics<\/p>\n
UCLA political scientists Lynn Vavreck and Chris Tausanovitch and Vanderbilt\u2019s John Sides argue that political party identity has become increasingly \u201ccalcified\u201d in surprising new ways. Their latest book,\u201cThe Bitter End,<\/a>\u201d describes both the long-term trends and short-term shocks that shaped the 2020 presidential election and continue reverberating today.<\/p>\n What\u2019s driving the increasing distance between the parties and the growing homogeneity within the parties?<\/p>\n Playbook Co-Author Ryan Lizza met Vavreck on UCLA\u2019s campus to learn why so-called \u201cidentity-inflected issues\u201d are the great new dimension of political conflict and present a dangerous direction in America.<\/p>\n