Congress is crippled by Ideological conflict.
This, at least, was the position staked out by Philip Converse in his famous essay on belief systems, which drew on surveys.
But average Americans do not.
Well, American elites disagree fiercely.
Americans disagree, fiercely, about just about everything, from terrorism and national security, to taxes and government spending, to immigration and gay marriage.
The political parties are more polarized today than at any time since the Civil War.
Congress is crippled by Ideological conflict