The Cynical Historian

The Party Switch | US Political Polarization (2021x8)

Air date: Apr 05, 2021

This video has been demonetized by YouTube because of audio quoted in the video, so please consider donating to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian It has come to a point where it seems like the political parties live in completely separate realities, let alone the same country. In order to understand this problem, we have to go all the way back to the beginnings of the party system we inhabit today. Now technically we’re in what’s called the “6th Party System,” which began somewhere between 1968 and 1981, depending on which scholar you ask. But it’s my intent with this to show that it is much more deeply rooted. - that the 6th Party System makes the US inherently more partisan year after year, not because of some particular party, politician, or even differing beliefs - but because the system itself is founded in partisanship more than ideology. This is going to be a long journey. Honest historians argue about more substantive things like how or when the Party Switch came about and what it entails, which is what today’s episode is about. US political polarization playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXxGRwtV4EGk_vuAH2VkODS ------------------------------------------------------------ 11:10 - workday not week (thx Liam O'Toole) ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: 4:10 - WILSOOOON! playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXmCcEx0vfIim_jFMkgtLmS 4:25 - Lost Cause Myth: https://youtu.be/5EOhXF5lNgQ 5:20 - 12 annoyances for historians: https://youtu.be/4J6IPhEkYmo 6:50 - sectional crisis: https://youtu.be/Ff2AKILyi0o 11:35 - Wilson pt.1: https://youtu.be/Hm0Gzz53YJo 11:35 - Wilson pt.2: https://youtu.be/3hRd8B_vZiA 11:50 - WILSOOOON! playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXmCcEx0vfIim_jFMkgtLmS ------------------------------------------------------------ See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and er