Book contents
- The Other Divide
- The Other Divide
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1 A House Divided against Itself?
- 2 Subtleties of Partisan Division
- 3 Beyond Political Interest
- 4 The Deeply Involved Are Different
- 5 Bubbles of Involvement
- 6 Perceptions of the Most Sacred Duty
- 7 A New Form of Self-Expression
- 8 The Voice of Which People?
- 9 Middle Grove
- Appendix
- References
- Index
6 - Perceptions of the Most Sacred Duty
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2022
Book contents
- The Other Divide
- The Other Divide
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1 A House Divided against Itself?
- 2 Subtleties of Partisan Division
- 3 Beyond Political Interest
- 4 The Deeply Involved Are Different
- 5 Bubbles of Involvement
- 6 Perceptions of the Most Sacred Duty
- 7 A New Form of Self-Expression
- 8 The Voice of Which People?
- 9 Middle Grove
- Appendix
- References
- Index
Summary
The night of the 2016 presidential election, eight-year-old Miriam was, according to her father, “inconsolable.” Miriam, as her father Eli Shearn told The Washington Post some four years later, had become very engaged in the 2016 presidential campaign – something that Shearn had encouraged (Rubin 2020). Miriam’s parents were strong supporters of then-Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, setting up Miriam with red and blue crayons to watch the votes come in on election night. When Clinton lost the election to Republican Donald Trump, Miriam went to bed crying. Shearn told The Post he remembered thinking: “Why did I get her so invested in this?”
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- The Other Divide , pp. 135 - 166Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022