divisiveness

It remains a story of understanding and togetherness despite social power structures that depend on fear and divisiveness.

Aside from increased competition, media companies are seeing advertisers become more skittish about running their ads in news programming, as they are turned off by the vitriol and divisiveness in the current polarized political landscape.

They knew they could lose if the contest became about Trump’s behavior and divisiveness.

“You need to have people elected by a majority of voters,” Rayfield says, “and you need to incentivize alternative voices in the system. I think that’s incredibly important. We need to get rid of the divisiveness. Ranked choice voting is not a silver bullet, but it’s a very important element of that.”

“Anecdotally, I’ve heard more and more folks talking not just about a Trump administration, but about the divisiveness in the country,” she said.