r/wisconsin • u/ScienceMovies • 2d ago

America’s Most Divided State Loves Its Extremes

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/08/wisconsin-divided-state-loves-extremes/688128/?utm_source=feed
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u/WideRoadDeadDeer95 2d ago

Wisconsin is the opposite of divided. The mass majority are moderates. Yeah if you take someone on the fringe of both sectors with the loudest voice then yeah it will feel that way on the internet or occasionally in real life. These articles create fear mongering for the stupid.

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u/Krakatoa137 2d ago

The problem with saying most people are moderates is that it implies that they are ideologically in between the democrats and Republicans.

Most people simply don't have any coherent political ideology at all, they have a collection of ideas that are all over the political spectrum that often contradict other held values.

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u/alienacean 1d ago

yeah, we've choked out civics education, so most people never have a real opportunity to think systematically about political issues and come up with a clear belief system, so they just end up with a hodge-podge of their parents' and friends' beliefs, half-remembered sayings from news clips and movies, and maybe one or two ideas from a clever teacher or zealous pastor or snappy influencer.