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The Wedge Issue: How Education Changed Today - FiveThirtyEight

By Albert Thomas April 4, 2022 0 mins read 4359 Views

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You could say education has become something of a wedge issue, or, in other words, an issue that parties use to try to divide the opposing party to shake loose new voters. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Galen Druke speaks with political science professors Sunshine Hillygus and Patrick Eagan about the history of wedge issues and how they shape U.S. politics.

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