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The American Political Brain Split: Why Democrats and Republicans Literally Think Differently

The Psychological Wiring That Makes American Politics Ungovernable

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Way Yuhl
Jun 20, 2025
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The political divide in the US is the worst since the Civil War. But unlike the Civil War, it has little to do with policy, state rights, or economics.

This time it’s psychological. Democrats and Republicans are using completely different brains, and that's precisely why American politics has become ungovernable.

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