{"id":6507,"date":"2025-02-27T21:23:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingroomconversations.org\/?page_id=6507"},"modified":"2025-04-28T19:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:34:10","slug":"politics-polarization-and-government","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livingroomconversations.org\/politics-polarization-and-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics, Polarization, and Government"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6507\" class=\"elementor elementor-6507\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33e4df0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"33e4df0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e649c38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e649c38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d0a899 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d0a899\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Politics, Polarization, and Government <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09bed53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09bed53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whether it is grappling with what it really means to be an American, the impact of political stereotypes in our lives, or the role that money plays in politics, Living Room Conversations has created a guide to get you started.<\/p><p>In addition, making sure that people that do the political conversations pay attention to political balance is a key part of our polarization work. \u00a0Political diversity is essential to some conversations. Especially with polarized topics, we encourage you to take extra care to include people who hold different political views. 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