Let's look at some specific localities between 1976 and 2020.ohio jones wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 2:59 pm Sure, if you limit the frame of reference to one's own lifetime you can paint a different picture than if you take into account a broader scope. Things change over time, but history tends to be cyclical.
In 1976 the vote was as follows:
Mifflin County PA: Ford 55% to 44% for Carter
Holmes County OH: Ford 54% to 42% for Carter
Multnomah County OR (Portland) 53% Carter, 46% Ford
In 2020 those same counties voted as follows:
Mifflin County: 78% Trump, 21% Biden
Holmes County: 83% Trump, 13% Biden
Multnomah County: 79% Biden, 18% Trump
If that isn't growing polarization, I don't know what is. And as communities become more and more polarized, it seeps into and infects religion, just like everything else.