I think the 2-party system also plays a role; my impression is that polarization seems a bit less intractable in countries with multi-party systems, because when parties have to form coalitions to get things done, that affects the way the people who identify with those different parties feel about each other.
Iād also guess that this is true (though I havenāt really looked into it myself). Hereās a tidbit of what might be weak evidence for this view, and is at least interesting and seems relevant, from the post Deliberation May Improve Decision-Making:
Deliberative quality is highest in settings of coalitions, second chambers of parliament (for example, the US Senate or UK House of Lords), secrecy, low party discipline, low issue polarization, and the strong presence of moderate parties (Fishkin & Mansbridge, 2017, p. 10).
And I think ādeliberative qualityā there refers to:
The Discourse Quality Index[,] a content analytical measure for capturing the quality of deliberative processes. The quality of deliberation is evaluated by (a) the extent to which deliberation fulfills a number of vital characteristics ascribed by deliberative theory and (b) whether deliberative behavior is equally distributed among the participants.
(Btw, thanks for doing this AMA, I found it very interesting!)
Iād also guess that this is true (though I havenāt really looked into it myself). Hereās a tidbit of what might be weak evidence for this view, and is at least interesting and seems relevant, from the post Deliberation May Improve Decision-Making:
And I think ādeliberative qualityā there refers to:
(Btw, thanks for doing this AMA, I found it very interesting!)