A new Public Agenda/USA TODAY/Ipsos poll finds, by overwhelming margins, Americans surveyed said national leaders, social media and the news media “have exacerbated and exaggerated those divisions, sometimes for their own benefit and to the detriment of ordinary people.”
“More than nine of 10 – about as close to unanimity as a national poll usually reaches – said it’s important for the United States to try to reduce that divisiveness. Figuring out how to have a constructive conversation with folks on the other side would be a good start, most said.”

