“And ideological thinking is now much more closely aligned with partisanship than in the past,” the authors of the study wrote. ... "Now comes a new book, 'Why Washington Won’t Work: Polarization, Political Trust and the Governing Crisis', with a very different take: The reason Republicans and Democrats fight so vehemently is not because of ideological differences, but because they simply don’t like each other." ... “When you disagree with the other side on the issues, you can often find a middle ground. When you don’t like the other side, you don’t even talk to them." . The Real Reason Republicans and Democrats Can’t All Just Get Along