If you don’t like the idea of a boy who says he is a girl using the girls’ bathroom, are you out of step with the mainstream? If diversity, equity, and inclusion programs strike you as racist, are you just biased? Are you a prude if you do not want sexually explicit books about “gender” in your child’s school library?
The radical left want you to think that on these hot-button issues, Americans are split down the middle—“polarized.” They want you to think that at least half of your fellow citizens hold views that only yesterday everyone considered crazy. And they want to make you afraid of not being on the “enlightened” side.
But it turns out that this polarization is a myth.
With clarity and optimism, Butcher dismantles the myth of a fractured nation, showing how agreement on character, virtue, and fairness can guide lawmakers and communities toward policies that strengthen our shared future. In a time when headlines scream of division and polarization, The Polarization Myth offers a refreshing perspective: Americans are more united than you think. Drawing from a groundbreaking survey of over 2,000 citizens, researchers Jonathan Butcher uncovers surprising consensus on today’s most contentious issues—from education and civics to race and gender.
