[Music] All right, let me start with a question. When was the last time you felt like your member of Congress represented you. Okay.Yeah, you're laughing. Exactly. You're not alone.I get this question very frequently. What the hell is going on in Washington. And do you have any idea what my representative does for me.I totally get it. Look, we live in a time of deep cynicism. Um, lot of distrust.We don't like how these guys are operating. And you look at it feels like money and politics keeps average people ...

As political power is becoming more sharply distributed geographically and intensified by polarisation, Republican politicians are increasingly overruling, or “pre-empting”, policies in Democratic cities https://t.co/safqAy6QBt ...

In 2024, only 37 House races were decided by less than 5 points. 235 were landslides of 25+ points. That erodes accountability and fuels polarization, writes @RonBrownstein (via @opinion) https://t.co/caU126pERY ...

[Music] One of my favorite things about the legal profession is the concept of my friend on the other side. You hear this all the time in Supreme Court litigation where the lawyer standing at the podium of the highest court in the land will refer to opposing council as my friend on the other side. Remember that billions of dollars or fundamental rights could be at stake. Nevertheless, the lawyers always pay each other the courtesy of casting each other not as enemies but as friends with a different view. I ...

Political System Analysis - America's two-party system, traditionally a barrier against extremism, is now accelerating it due to polarization [1]

Political Analysis - America's two-party system, traditionally a barrier against extremism, is now accelerating it due to polarization [1]

America’s two-party system has long been a barrier against an extremism. Polarization is making it an accelerant instead. https://t.co/yc5NtuCBZk ...

Market Trends & Investor Behavior - Conventional investing wisdom suggests separating politics from portfolio decisions, but many Americans find this challenging, viewing investments through partisan lenses [1] - Investors' political affiliations influenced their investment decisions, with Trump voters buying during market dips and others moving money abroad due to policy concerns [2] - Money managers observed stark divisions along party lines in client calls, with Republicans remaining steady and Democrats expressing portfolio anxieties [2] - Partisan portfolio management emerged during the Obama presidency and intensified during the Trump era, coinciding with heightened political and social divides [3] - The "optimism gap" between Democrats and Republicans regarding the stock market's 6-month outlook is the widest since 2001, based on Gallup data provided to the Wall Street Journal [5] - Intense polarization is increasingly reflected in stock portfolios [6] - Wall Street is attempting to capitalize on this political divide with the emergence of anti-woke ETFs and other related investment strategies [7]