Culture War Morris Fiorina Summary

In this article “Culture War”, Morris Fiorina addresses the issue of the cultural divide between Democrats and Republicans in the political world we live in today, as the Republicans are discussed as the “red” states and Democrats are the “blue” states. The Culture War that Fiorina alludes to refer to a movement of standard economic struggles that have spiked up twentieth century politics. Fiorina will debunk the myth of polarized America by addressing each side of the red and blue states. “When George W. Bush took office, half the country cheered and the other half seethed.” This quotation reflects the so-called myth of the deep division of demographics within the red and the blue states. The main argument I will address and the argument that Fiorina is trying to get across is that America is not divided almost in half by blue and red states, but the typical American is in the

For example “… the story line held that white men under economic pressure were livid about gays, guns, immigration, affirmative action, and Hillary, and turned in frustration to the Gingrich Republicans.” This exhibition of bias may upset the reader one way or another talking about crucial topics causing them to become emotional and/or stop reading this article. An additional weakness that Fiorina exhibits in this article is that he portrays many opinions about the “Cultural Divide” but does not explain or have any evidence to support it…” The simple truth is that there is no culture war in the United States- no battle for the soul of American rages, at least none that most Americans are aware of.” Fiorina does not portray any evidence leading this statement to back it up. I disagree with Fiorina that there is no culture war today when in fact the whole premise of the American government system was created with the ideology of the division of Democratic and