I find myself hating to point too many fingers in just on direction, lest I feel I'm being overly partisan and thus not realistic. I like to be fair. And nice.
So I hedge my arguments. Yeah, this gaggle of Right-Wing types are doing outrageous thing X, but, sure, I have to admit I've seen a Left-Wing type doing the same over the years. Sure, Obama's been treated like crap during his administration, but, of course, Dubya got a few outrageous slings and arrows slung his way undeservedly, too.
But this isn't the first analysis I've seen of Washington politics that indicates that while there's increased polarization, it's not evenly distributed between Left and Right, Dem and GOP. It's not a matter of both sides getting more extreme, leaving all of us intelligent and unbiased folks in the center to declare a pox on both their house.
The polarization is real. But is far more pronounced on the Right. And that's actually helping the GOP, especially as people fail to recognize it.
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The left’s gone left but the right’s gone nuts: Asymmetrical polarization in action
Political polarization has risen sharply in recent years. But the process hasn't been symmetrical: Republicans have moved farther right than Democrats have left.
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Intelligent, check.
Unbiased …. um, Dave? 😉
Polarized, yes. But I don't think the Democrats are left by any sane perception on what left is. The Overton Window is so right-shifted that liberal isn't even visible at the periphery.