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Political polarization

Trump supporters at right argue with a counterprotester at left as they protest election results outside the central counting board at the TCF Center in Detroit, Michigan, Nov. 5, 2020.

International Crisis Group warns political violence could further polarize the US

2020 US presidential election

The International Crisis Group analyzes and tries to prevent conflicts across the globe, from Lebanon to Ethiopia to Myanmar, and now, the United States, for the first time in the organization’s 25-year history.

Chester County, Pennsylvania, election workers organize mail-in and absentee ballots for the 2020 General Election in the United States at West Chester University, Nov. 3, 2020.

International election watchdog: Polarization, loss of public trust threaten US election

2020 US presidential election
Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton shake hands on stage in front of a crowd.

America’s polarized politics may be here to stay

Politics
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