American Political Culture: Consensual or Conflictual?

        America used to be a united country where the different political stances of the red and blue states were minor and did not bring up many large, controversial issues. However, as time went on, the political ideology of each state began to strengthen and grow. Eventually, the country became conflictual. In the 2000 election, George W. Bush (a republican candidate) and Al Gore (a democratic candidate) were both running for president. At one point in the election, the two reached a stalemate that relied on the votes of one state. At this point, all the states were defined as either a red state or a blue state.

This is the current division of the red and blue states. The blue states are more North where the big cities and the coast are. The red states are in more open areas where they can own farms and a lot of land.

       A red state is a more republican based state. many people there believe in less help from the government and more rule by the people. They believe in the "survival of the fittest" ideology and think people should be self reliant. A blue state is more democratic and more reliant on the government for service and care. They believe in the usage of resources to their advantage and are also big believers in equality. As you can see, these 2 states have completely different ideologies when it comes to political stances. These different viewpoints lead these two different kinds of states to start to argue that their way is better than the other, leading to divisions in the country.