"The New American Center: Why our nation isn't as divided as we think"

[Jamaal510]

More: http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/15/20960588-the-new-american-center-why-our-nation-isnt-as-divided-as-we-think?lite

"It’s the most conventional wisdom in Washington, the unchallenged idea that America is a divided nation, a country ripped into red and blue factions in perpetual conflict. The government shutdown this fall would seem like only the latest evidence of this political civil war. But is the idea of two Americas even true? Not according to a new Esquire-NBC News survey.

At the center of national sentiment there’s no longer a chasm but a common ground where a diverse and growing majority - 51 percent - is bound by a surprising set of shared ideas.

“Just because Washington is polarized doesn’t mean America is,” says Robert Blizzard, a partner at Public Opinion Strategies, the lead pollster for Mitt Romney in 2012. His firm co-created the survey with the Benenson Strategy Group, pollsters for President Obama, and the result is a nation in eight distinct segments: two on the far right ("The Righteous Right" and "The Talk Radio Heads&quot , two on the far left ("The Bleeding Hearts" and "The Gospel Left&quot , and four in the middle that represent nothing less than a new American center ("Minivan Moderates," "The MBA Middle," "The Pick-up Populists, and "The #WhateverMan.&quot "

[florida08]

1. Took the test

Tells me I'm in that group? Not sure how but there it was

[enki23]

2. I read the thing. Here's what it says:

"Stuff that helps less-affluent white people is popular with less-affluent white people, of whom there are many."

[ruffburr]

3. I took the test-

They say i'm a 10% flaming liberal, Couldn't be more Proud

[KarenS]

4. I took the test too,,,,

the results said it wasn't talking about me,,,, I'm too Left

[LiberalElite]

5. Official Bleeding Heart Here!

[Blue Idaho]

6. Here Too

And I'm mighty proud!

[LiberalElite]

8. If this site gave a certificate -

I'd frame it!

[Blue Idaho]

9. Wouldn't that be sweet! nt.

[smitra]

10. Me too. Part of the 10%, not part of the 'New American Center'. n/t

[Mr.Bill]

7. The divisiveness in this country

is manufactured by politicians and radio and TV talk show hosts for their own benefit. If we all agreed with one another, these clowns would be out of a job.