Look Who's Talking About Politics

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - 4:00pm

How often do Americans talk about politics with their political rivals?

According to a new NBC News|SurveyMonkey online poll, nearly half of Americans (48 percent) have conversations about politics with someone from the other side of the aisle at least once a week.

PORES Director John Lapinski, PORES Assistant Director Andrew Arenge and PORES Fellow Ashley Tallevi co-authored the NBCNews.com article about the results.

The survey also found that Americans are split in how they feel about engaging in these discussions. About half of Americans (51 percent) find these conversations to be stressful and frustrating while the other half (45 percent) see them as interesting and informative.

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