Most Americans See A Sharply Divided Nation; The Fourth Turning Is Here

Via ZeroHedge

The October 2018 AP-NORC Poll national survey with 1,152 adults found 8 in 10 Americans believe the country is divided regarding essential values, and some expect the division to deepen into 2020.

Only 20% of Americans said they think the country will become less divided over the next several years, and 39% believe conditions will continue to deteriorate. A substantial majority of Americans, 77%, said they are dissatisfied with the state of politics in the country, said AP-NORC.

The nationwide survey was conducted on October 11-14, using the AmeriSpeak Panel, the probability-based panel of NORC at the University of Chicago. Overall, 59% of Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling his job as president, while 40% of Americans approve.

More specifically, the poll said 83% of Republicans approve of how Trump is handling the job, while 92% of Democrats and 61% of Independents strongly disagree. 

More than half of Americans said they are not hearing nor seeing topics from midterm campaigns that are important to them. About 54% of Democrats and 44% of Republicans said vital issues, such as health care, education, and economic activity, Social Security and crime, were topics they wanted to hear more.

Looking at their communities, most American (Republicans and Democrats) are satisfied with their state or local community. However, on a national level, 58% of Americans are dissatisfied with the direction of the country, compared to 25%, a small majority who are satisfied.

Most Americans are dissatisfied with the massive gap between rich and poor, race relations and environmental conditions. The poll noticed there are partisan splits, 84% of Democrats are disappointed with the amount of wealth inequality, compared with 43% of Republicans. On the environment, 77% of Democrats and 32% Republicans are dissatisfied. Moreover, while 77% Democrats said they are unhappy with race relations, about 50% of Republicans said the same.

The poll also showed how Democrats and Republicans view certain issues. About 80% of Democrats but less than 33% of Republicans call income inequality, environmental issues or racism very important.

AP-NORC Poll – Which issues are extremely or very important? 

“Healthcare, education and economic growth are the top issues considered especially important by the public. While there are many issues that Republicans and Democrats give similar levels of importance to (trade foreign policy and immigration), there are several concerns where they are far apart. For example, 80% of Democrats say the environment and climate change is extremely or very important, and only 28% of Republicans agree. And while 68% consider the national debt to be extremely or very important, only 55% of Democrats regard it with the same level of significance,” said AP-NORC.

Although Democrats and Republicans are divided on most values, many Americans consider the country’s diverse population a benefit. 

Half said America’s melting pot makes the country stronger, while less than 20% said it hurts the country. About 30% said diversity does not affect their outlook.

“However, differences emerge by party identification, gender, location, education, and race. Democrats are more likely to say having a population with various backgrounds makes the country stronger compared to Republicans or Independents. Urbanities and college-educated adults are more likely to say having a mix of ethnicities makes the country stronger, while people living in rural areas and less educated people tend to say diversity has no effect or makes the country weaker,” said AP-NORC.

Overall, 60% of Americans said accusations of sexual harassment with some high-profile men forced to resign or be fired was essential to them. However, 73% of women said the issue was critical, compared with 51% of men. The data showed that Democrats were much more likely than Republicans to call sexual misconduct significant.

More than 40% of Americans somewhat or strongly disapprove of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court after allegations of sexual harassment in his college years. 35% of Americans said they heartily approved of Kavanaugh’s confirmation.

The evidence above sheds light on the internal struggles of America. The country is divided, and this could be a significant problem just ahead. 

Why is that? Well, America’s future was outlined in a book called “The Fourth Turning: What Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous With Destiny.”

In the book, which was written in the late 1990s, authors William Strauss and Niel Howe theorize that the history of civilization moves in 80-to-100 year cycles called “saecula.”

The idea behind this theory dates back to the Greeks, who believed that at given saeculum’s end, there would come “ekpyrosis,” or a cataclysmic event.

This era of change is known as the Fourth Turning, and it appears we are in the midst of one right now. 

The last few Fourth Turnings that America experienced ushered in the Civil War and the Reconstruction era, and then the Great Depression and World War II. Before all of that, it was the Revolutionary War.

Each Fourth Turning had similar warning signs: periods of political chaos, division, social and economic decay in which the American people reverted from extreme division and were forced to reunite in the rebuild of a new future, but that only came after massive conflict. 

Today’s divide among many Americans is strong. We are headed for a collision that will rip this country apart at the seams. The timing of the next Fourth Turning is now, and it could take at least another decade to complete the cycle.

After the Fourth Turning, America will not be the America you are accustomed to today. So, let us stop calling today the “greatest economy ever” and start preparing for turbulence. 

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Al
Al

Our RevolutionThe 2008 financial crisis sparked an incipient revolution. Previously, Americans dissatisfied with their Progressive rulers had imagined that voting for Republicans might counter them. But then, as three-fourths of Americans opposed bailing out big banks with nearly a trillion dollars, the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates joined; most Republican legislators joined all Democrats; The Wall Street Journal joined The New York Times, and National Review joined The Nation; in telling Americans that doing this was essential, and that their disapproval counted for nothing. And then, just as high-handedly, all these bipartisan rulers dropped that bailout scheme, and adopted another—just as unaccountably. They showed “government by the people, for the people” to be a fable.

Read the rest here…

Our Revolution’s Logic

meg
meg

I followed this story to several wonderful information/online sources. Thanks greatly.

TampaRed
TampaRed

worth the click & the time it took to read–
thanks 4 posting it–

Anonymous
Anonymous

Anyone else notice it was a stand alone post on TBP Friday night?
Uncola’s reaction comment was perfect, and I agree.

Just sayin…not sure why more eyeballs haven’t seen it or commented on it.

Use either link to spread the news.

Our Revolution’s Logic

wdg
wdg

Keep in mind that the Deep State and their propaganda arm, the MSM and Social Media, want a weak and divided American population because it facilitates their plunder, control and ultimately destruction. The last thing the Deep State wants is for Americans to focus on the true enemies of peace and prosperity which is a ruling cabal who now owns the US. Wake up America and focus on the real enemy of your freedom. As for the poll? I don’t believe polls in general because like they MSM, they are now corrupt and agenda-driven. And in this case, the agenda is to divide Americans. Who paid for this poll?

unit472

America was probably just as divided in the late 60’s and early 70’s but it had not yet been flooded with 100 million immigrants so, once the Vietnam War was concluded, there was a dominant white culture to return to.

Since then blacks have done all they can to seperate themselves from the dominant culture and we’ve added an even larger latino population that is not assimilating.

TampaRed
TampaRed

blacks,about 12% of the population
latinos,about 15%
asians & other minorities,3-4%
our problems come from our fellow whites,don’t kid yourself–

GilbertS
GilbertS

I wouldn’t call them fellows. I’m not sure what they are.

EL Coyote the Ape
EL Coyote the Ape

He said fellow whites, moran.

Shit’s getting deep when morans abjure the fact non-whites are even human.

Anonymous
Anonymous

I do not refute this but I do wonder how many people in these type of pols answer ” not happy with the direction of our country” perpetually and not really able to give clear reasons why. What do they want? That is just the question, I don’t really care what they want.

meg
meg

“Looking at their communities, most American (Republicans and Democrats) are satisfied with their state or local community. However, on a national level, 58% of Americans are dissatisfied with the direction of the country, compared to 25%, a small majority who are satisfied.”

This is the same trait in the “average voter” tendency to re-elect their own Representative and/or Senator. Because, in American Political Theater, it the “other” guy who is dishonest and corrupt. Our guy brings home the federal dollars for state projects.

And SKOOLZ, another local topical taboo.

Vixen Vic
Vixen Vic

Apparently, I’m not the average because I can’t stand the politicians on my local, state and the federal level.

meg
meg

When I was in college as an adult returning to school, I took a class in American Politics and got my first real dose of statistical analysis presented as fact. I remember thinking it a bit odd that people who loathed politics continued to support their local politicians.

I don’t have a clue if the average voter likes their own senator/representative, but I do know that incumbency is the number one predictor of victory. Of course, Claire isn’t counting on that around here.

Big Dick
Big Dick

I worked for NORC and did this kind of survey with the chosen populace. The survey itself is very liberal oriented and big on Democratic party ideas and questions. The people picked to interview are weighted heavily toward other than the white race, and lower income and education. Multiple categories are directed to a single answer to questions with little ability to say other than yes to a statement. eg. Very strongly agree, Strongly agree, Mostly agree, Agree, Not sure, and possibly disagree.
BOTTOM LINE IS IT IS TYPICAL LIBERTAL BULLSHIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

robert h siddell jr
robert h siddell jr

This is another cock-eyed Pinko push poll. The liberals want more free shit and more power; Conservatives are tired of being pushed around and robbed. The left is using every dirty trick that they think they can get away with; the Conservatives are fighting back within the rules, and winning. If the left starts a hot war, they will be crushed by Trump and Patriots just like Antifa Commies of Spain were (yes, the same name and flag) during 1936-39 by Franco and the anti-Communist. The left is digging their own graves and don’t have the God given brains to stop.

RiNS

sorry guys I’m just trying out links to brighteon. (aka real.video)

https://www.brighteon.com/5853548038001

KaD
KaD

That is a great link.

Uncola

Yeah. ( Re: Rins link) when Alex Jones was banned from social media, both he and Mike Adams predicted a false flag was coming. In the words of Adams, first the vilification, then the censorship, then it moved into the kinetic phase. And the perps will be said to have been motivated by people like Trump, Jones, and Adams. Of course, that all transpired last week.

Adams’ prediction is also very chilling regarding the Honduran Caravan being turned into a kill zone in the days before the election. Remember, Trump said he would send in the military and the mob would NOT be allowed into the U.S.

If Trump keeps them out by force, he loses. And if he lets them in, his word is no good to his base. The cameras are always on. This is why creative thinking, and outside of the box solutions, are needed at this time.

Unless, that is, it’s reality TV or worse: A “movie of the week”. One is fictionalized, or exaggerated, whereas the other is a show of complete fiction.

TampaRed
TampaRed

i’ve never cared much for jones because he is so bombastic,but much of what he says does make more sense than what our “leadership”says–
i heard last night that many families in texas who are in detainment centers are being let out so that the ones surging x the border will have a place to be kept together–

MrLiberty
MrLiberty

Funny how they never include a list of suggested “solutions” like “slashing the power of the federal government,” “abolishing the federal government and returning to 50 sovereign states,” “holding the federal government to those specific tasks clearly defined in the US Constitution,” etc. for people to “vote” on.

Coalclinker
Coalclinker

This “poll” is a crock. I can see the pressitute authors wring their hands as they sent this tripe out for all to read. They attempt to present a narrative that division is a bad thing. Is division between American Nationalism and Socialism a bad thing? Absolutely not, unless you’re one of the socialists who is having nightmares of the prison camps they will be sent to if they start Civil War II. However, only a few select elites realize this, and I doubt the other 99% of their idiots have ever thought about a world where your political registration and social media logs could provide the evidence to literally and effectively destroy you. It’s really a sad and pitiful situation to be in, but they can’t say they weren’t warned, and I’d rather it be they and not I!

None Ya Biz
None Ya Biz

I knew this poll was a crock of shit when I saw this -> Although Democrats and Republicans are divided on most values, many Americans consider the country’s diverse population a benefit.

hardscrabble farmer
hardscrabble farmer

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The guy who cancels my vote.

Anonymous
Anonymous

belongs with a Zulu tribe in Africa, as white meat in a kettle of soup over a wood fire.
But, this thing will probably be invited to speak at a Seattle day care center for diversity.
We really need a purge.

Coalclinker
Coalclinker

Cut off the interstates, railroads, air routes, and water ways and within 3 weeks they will be killing each other. Don’t let anyone out!

Stubb
Stubb

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