… To measure tribalism, we used the most salient tribes in contemporary American society: Democrats and Republicans. We conducted a survey asking Americans if they felt favorable or unfavorable towards various genres of music and artists. Compared to truly divisive topics like Black Lives Matter (52 percentage point difference) or the Tea Party (35 percentage point difference), country music is a relatively shared value, but it is by no means the genre that most unifies American society. CONT.
Clifford Young, Ipsos
