The question could have been worded better, but the phenomenon the 8th grader is hitting on is a troubling one.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-hatred-negative-partisanship-came-to-dominate-american-politics/
Negative partisanship, or hatred of the other party is at a 40-year high as FiveThirtyEight contributor Lee Drutman wrote earlier this week.
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