Avoiding your neighbor because of how they voted? Democracy needs you to talk to them instead - 3 Quarks Daily

Avoiding your neighbor because of how they voted? Democracy needs you to talk to them instead - 3 Quarks Daily

Betsy Sinclair at The Conversation: Political scientists Steven Webster, Elizabeth Connors and I have investigated what happens to people’s social networks – their friends, family and neighbors – when partisan anger takes over. For example, suppose your neighbor is a member of the opposite political party. You’ve always watered their plants when they go on vacation. Given the news these days and how angry you’re feeling, what will you say when t…