How One Organization Is Taking on Partisan Polarization

Unite America is on a mission to bring the moderates back to government.

This article is part of our Political Innovation series that explores organizations, people, and technologies disrupting the political landscape.

It is no secret that the United States is undergoing a period of political polarization unprecedented in the modern era.

American legislature is notably gridlocked today, with Congressional Democrats, currently the minority party in Congress, taking a page from the Republicans’ own no-compromise playbook that they had used during the Obama years.

These battle lines have extended to other areas of American life too, as witnessed by the polarization of media outlets, among other traditionally non-partisan facets of society.

While most of us are accustomed to the seemingly polarized world of today, we should not forget about the more subdued reality. That is, most people in the country are moderates, not self-labeled conservatives or liberals. According to the most recent Gallup poll, 46% of Americans identify as Independent, while 27% and 25% identify as Democrat and Republican, respectively. That means that about half of the country—an overwhelming majority—believe that both sides of the aisle have something positive to contribute.