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  Which political topic is the most polarizing? (search mode)
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Question: Which of the following leads to the most polarizing/volatile debates?
#1
Israel/Palestine
 
#2
Abortion
 
#3
Gun Control
 
#4
Gay Marriage
 
#5
Other
 
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Total Voters: 76

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Türkisblau
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« on: March 23, 2015, 08:34:42 AM »
« edited: March 23, 2015, 08:36:55 AM by Pacific Speaker Türkisblau »

Israel/Palestine:  Almost all Republicans and many Democrats support Israel, really not a polarizing issue (I assume the amount of votes for this is over the recent Netanyahu spat, keep in mind that only 56 Democrats skipped it)

Abortion: Near 50/50 split between the American people. There is really not that much crossover for this issue among parties with Democrats purposefully killing their pro-life faction, w/ Republicans doing the same as well (I voted for this one)

Gun Control: It's close between this and abortion imo, but there are a good amount of pro-gun dems. We still see some crossover support for measures like background checks (Manchin-Toomey) while we have not seen anything like that for abortion recently at all

Gay Marriage: Wasn't the recent poll stating that 55% support? A couple years ago it was probably considered much more polarizing but overall I think it's become accepted, although perhaps begrudgingly, to most Americans

Other: Healthcare Reform probably should have been mentioned here if gun control was...
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Türkisblau
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« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2015, 01:26:21 PM »

For what it's worth, I didn't mean polarizing in the sense of Democrat vs Republican just in the sense of which issues are the most heated and in my experience nothing is more volatile then I-P debates. Even with abortion most people can at least agree that on one hand it's not cool to abort a fetus several days before it's born and on the other that masturbation isn't abortion.

You obviously have not debated abortion enough...

Believe me, it gets rough.
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