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Gallup: USA more divided than ever

America is far more divided on key issues than usual, a new Gallup Poll released Monday finds.

President-elect Donald Trump “prepares to take office as a record number of Americans perceive the nation as divided and less than half believe his actions will help unite the country,” according to a Gallup analysis. Trump did call for unity in his election night victory speech, urging people to “bind the wounds of division.”

Seventy-seven percent of Americans think the nation is divided on its most important values. Forty-nine percent thought Trump would do more to divide the country than unite it. Forty-one percent saw him being a unifier/David Lightman, McClatchy. More here.

Question: How do we find our way out of this great divide?


Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/election/article116204103.html#storylink=cpy


D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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