Cost-of-living issues are driving up tensions in local communities, while immigration is the most polarizing issue nationally, local government officials said in a new survey.

Heather Gerken tells BYU audience that political polarization is a problem — and one that needs to be addressed immediately.

Justice Elena Kagan criticizes the Supreme Court's conservative majority, stating rulings on gerrymandering and campaign finance undermine democracy and increase political polarization in the U.S. The ...

Behind the campaigning and polling in the lead-up to midterm elections, UCLA experts can unpack what issues and events shape ...

In recent years, political polarization has received considerable attention, not least as an explanation for developments in the United States. Researchers and commentators have warned about what is ...

During election season, when campaign ads dominate TV, political billboards dot highways, and canvassers knock on doors, the implication is that political tensions are at their highest and will surely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve been looking up the definition of “polarization” to help explain politics in the U.S. and abroad, you’re far from alone.

A word that has been used incessantly to describe the fraught state of American politics and society is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year. That word is “polarization.” Defined as a “division ...