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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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

Reagan opened the door to let the wolves into the sheep. Since then it has been a steady retreat on the part of Democracy. However, a critical error was made at the time of the post civil war organisation with the allocation of electoral college votes favouring the South. And if I can work that out from here on the other side of the planet, why cant Americans??😷

dancingtongue · 80-89, M

@whowasthatmaskedman Johnson and Nixon both did. When Johnson signed the Civil Rights legislation he acknowledged the Democrats were losing the Dixiecrats and Southern States. And Nixon immediately swept in with his Southern Strategy to claim those states.

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@whowasthatmaskedman American people don't like to talk about their conservative Confederacy at all because it's working!