nosbojden
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Grey lines represent agreements above a threshold value.
Each member is represented by a coloured dot, the larger the dot, the more connections.
Could well be a repost, but I've found these graphs incredibly illuminating.
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yuraf
So the few ppl that cooperate with the other party are the ones, who truly work to fix things?
MorallyCasual
Oh so they became the corona virus. Neat
amosisreal
This is cool. Having seen it his way first, id like to see the size of the dot correlated to the number of years in office.
Sharkbait13
You can't confuse me with your political Mumbo jumbo these are obviously images of a cell going through mitosis
Ryukishi
Longest game of Risk ever.
Jayyce
@MobaNR
FenderFinger
Mitosis!
Sermoncle
Sauce??
Munchman347
We have finally achieved what G. Washington warned us about...
StylesB
Ron Paul dot out there by its lonesome for a while, just not the same anymore
FlyOstrich
Source?
dogecat
69 was a very good year, if ypu know what i mean my dear
byohzzrd
2017 PE (post election) map:
raifsevrence
Would you like fries with your wopr ?
YouAreMyFetish
Goode VA 1997 lol "I'm democratic but my votes say republican"
Tamaska
Millar CA, same thing, other side
alkynesof
Correlation does not mean causation but I find it interesting that the years with the least division is centered around the height of Apollo
lazerhosen
And hippie love vibrations. Don't forget about those.
biolologist
Due mostly to the effects of the parties switching sides following the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
alkynesof
As bad as some of those years were, I find it very interesting to look back and see all of the good that was done in a short period of time.
cogs
Mitosis of the legislature.
forallthewins
2007 though
Mordrehl
Sauce : http://www.mamartino.com/projects/rise_of_partisanship/ ... since OP was too lazy to google it
nosbojden
Sahreeee
Mordrehl
The lines represent how often that member voted the same way as the connecting member
Rasayana
^This
kcufuck
Wasn't too lazy, he just wanted the credit.
nosbojden
Look, I fakt up.
iamtheloraxandistealthememes
Mitochondria are the power house of the cell
squinkly
Something something.... Cytokinesis?
jbake
is*
iamtheloraxandistealthememes
The plural of mitochondria is mitochondria.
ThrowdaFischbach
The Bloods & Crips have always hated each other, though.
lazerhosen
Nope. Most blame crack for that though. Long story.
ThrowdaFischbach
Guess I need to research my gang history.
lazerhosen
You will find that the bloods and crips have not always hated each other.
StarkeRealm
Not really, but I applaud the joke.
KingXizor
Everyone needs a goal to jointly focus there strength. A common enemy, filled that role in the past, and lately we have lacked a needed goal
sheoNcheese
Thanks Obama...
Dayrest
So it really started in 83, then got worse and worse. Lovely.
QueenAntifa
Compare to 53 and 63
lazerhosen
Google "REX 84"
owlstretcher
Interesting that this also mirrors the rise in 24 hour cable news networks. More coverage, more grandstanding for the cameras?
gohn5
The true irony here is I think congress would band together against Trump if he was actually elected
KEbmeistergeneral
Hello from the future! You were wrong. That is all :)
lordkickass
I read an article recently stating that regardless of who wins, a majority of those polled would prefer the opposite party in control of 1/2
lordkickass
The house and senate to keep him/her in check 2/2
VolunteerForSnuSnu
I'm not American, but this extreme bipartisan division seems to be, for me, the root for many of your problems - and not only political ones
Malcomsex
Duh
ThisIsMyMainAccount11
This is exactly what George Washington said would happen if we established political parties
plasmarob
You are absolutely correct. Select few of us are trying to fix this, but we're outnumbered and attacked / called traitors for it.
LumpyToucan
Us v them mentality is found everywhere, not just in our culture. The brain prefers binary realities as opposed to complicated yet correct
ShiverMePenguins
Til you explained a fundamental difference between myself and neurotypicals. However I still have to ask... Really?
Krzyf
Agreed. It bogs down government and nothing is accomplished all the while each side blaming the other.
VolunteerForSnuSnu
Meanwhile, the people's interests are ignored. Politics is just a big show to mask the interest of few
biolologist
Take another look at the graphic. There are plenty of lines bridging from dems to reps but not the other way around.
themountainhiker
Lines go both ways mate.
biolologist
And how many red dots serve as bridges to a large number of blue dots? 0. How many blue dots bridge to red dots? More than 0.
VolunteerForSnuSnu
Ok, but trying to find which side is "wronger" won't help. Everyone's mentality should evolve/change, maybe some more than others
biolologist
That isn't even close to what I said or what I implied.
VolunteerForSnuSnu
Ok, sorry if I misinterpreted you
kutison
and I blame gerrymandering for it
kutison
to manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering
coreunit
That's pretty much what I assume it is as well
VolunteerForSnuSnu
2/2 this kind of extremism inevitably tends to grow in other cultural aspects
Ihavewaytoomanyfavoritestosort
Well, you're not wrong.
Atlasraven
Do you think the introduction of strong competing parties like European politics would restore some balance?
VolunteerForSnuSnu
That's what democracy is all about, isn't it? A pluralism of opinions, and by plural I mean more than 2
Atlasraven
You're confusing me. You mean I could vote for a candidate that actually represents me and not just the lesser of two evils?
VolunteerForSnuSnu
Mind blowing, right?
Gonnaderpya
Preeeeeetty much
genericusernamewastaken
You're dead-on
chardlz
Yeah, it's heavily driven by media and cultural polarization. Crazy amounts of "if you're not with me you're against me" everywhere.
chardlz
It's honestly infuriating for somebody like myself because I align with different parties on different issues and so I get hate from both
chardlz
3/3 sides of the table on so many things so it's easy to see because I feel like I'm practically outside of it sometimes
Honeybadger2198
I just try and stay out of politics altogether. If I were to get involved, it would be at the local level as that's what's more impactful.
dougpeck
I'm worried that it's going to devolve to factions and that people are going to be forced to pick sides, that could cause some serious shit.
Atlasraven
That's the plot of Divergent.