What Is Partisanship?

What does it mean to be partisan? Are we more partisan and divided by politics than ever before? Prof. Brian Arbour of John Jay College joins us to discuss and define political partisanship, ideology and our hosts share where their political values come from.

GUEST INTERVIEW - 11:58 Brian Arbour, Associate Professor of Political Science, received a BA from Pomona College and a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests focus on political communication and campaign strategy in congressional elections. He teaches courses on American government, political parties, the news media, and campaigns and elections. Click here for more about Prof. Arbour.

WHERE DO YOUR POLITICAL VALUES COME FROM  - 34:25 L. Joy, June and Lurie discuss how and when they developed their own political values and how they evaluate their position when confronted with new political issues, candidates and issues.

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