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I really try to stay away from the drop in books of current events. They are written to fast and have a short active lifespan. The book on the right are written at the 5th grade level and the books on the left are written at the 10th grade level. It is the same when you watch them on TV. The reason why it has become more polarization, is the low level of grade level it is sent to the public. Buckley, was not interested with people following him without a high school education.
Goldwater became more mellow after the collapse of the Nixon Administration.
The problem with the two party system in America is clear and present. Both parties are looking at their uneducated voters as the driving force of their party. The left, are looking at there Spanish speaking communities, and there African American communities that live in a urban community with a willful poor grade school education forced onto them by the rural communities of the state. The right, are looking at there rural communities that have no interested in higher culture of urban communities. Plan to live in a community in decline were they are unwilling to leave. Willfully decide to have a poor school district because you do not want a brain drain of students leaving the community and never coming back. More people leaving, devalues there home and they are not going to pay higher taxes to see people leave and nobody interested in their home.
American, is on a declining curve.
For the most part, I'd say you're right on. Some people call it white flight. I seen it with Atlanta which is around 25 miles north of me. It's more than that though. Atlanta has always been a one party town. I'm talking about the city of Atlanta, not what is known as the Atlanta metro area. But the mindset has always been higher taxes to pass things on to their voter base. Taxes and regulations.
Atlanta hit its peak of around 500,000 in 1970 and since has declined to around 420,000 today. The richer whites began to take flight out of Atlanta shortly after 1970 followed by the middle income whites. Then beginning in 1990, the richer blacks also joined the exodus pretty much leaving those who reside within the city of Atlanta the poorer ones. In other words the tax base regardless of race or religion, the well to do, have been fleeing Atlanta for a long time. Atlanta can't even afford to repair and replace a water system that is well over 100 years old.
The suburbs around Atlanta are doing quite well. Most because of lower taxes and regulations. Atlanta schools are the poorest in the state. Education and money wise. The suburbs also have the better schools.