The countrys cultural divides and political divides have become one and the same, according to a new national NBC News poll.
The poll finds stark partisan differences on major cultural issues racism, accepting LGBTQ people, the term woke, and even the fundamental goals of American society.
Half of Americans 50% believe society should be promoting greater respect for traditional social and moral values, while 42% say society should be encouraging greater tolerance of people with different lifestyles and backgrounds. That perspective has stayed almost completely stagnant since the poll asked the same question in 2013.
Digging into those numbers reveals a deep partisan divide.
Three in four Republicans say the country should promote traditional social and moral values, while 67% of Democrats want greater tolerance of diverse lifestyles and backgrounds. Independents are split, with 49% picking traditional values and 41% siding with greater tolerance.
The survey revealed a country on fire, seething with anger at our political leaders and too often at each other, said Democratic pollster Jeff Horwitt of Hart Research, who conducted the poll along with GOP pollster Bill McInturff of Public Opinion Strategies.
The poll revealed a country sharply divided on these questions politically, and often ethnicity and generation, he added.
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Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death. John 8:51 (NIV)