In your opinion, when did the current extreme partisanship in US politics begin?

Reagan famously worked with a democrat congress.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg was confirmed with 96 votes in 1993
John Roberts was confirmed with 78 votes in 2005.
Samuel Alito had very little Democrat support in 2006
By 2008, there was very little across-the-aisle collaboration.

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dancingtongue · 80-89, M

I'm not sure you can put a finger on a precise date. But I would say it most likely was during the Clinton Administration: on the one hand he recognized it was "the economy, stupid", actually balancing the budget towards the end of his administration, creating the NAFTA free-trade market stealing two of the Republicans long-standing issues while, at the same time, being caught up in moral issues with Monica that riled the Evangelicals and brought the Mega churches into MAGA politics. Cemented further when Gore vs Bush to succeed him led to the first claims of an election being stolen.

dancingtongue · 80-89, M

@dancingtongue The other factor is that the 90's were about the time TV news turned to entertainment & opinion; and the beginnings of social media that further polarized the world into finger pointing and labeling, not to mention never-ending campaigning without pausing to find some consensus, compromise by which to actually govern. Which is what Reagan and Tip O'Neal, and previous Presidents & Congressional leaders had been able to do.