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Life after COVID: Is there a path back to ‘normal,’ or has the pandemic changed politics?
Will political division heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic last into future elections, even once the pandemic is over?
Arpan Lobo, The Holland Sentinel
Published
11:10 am UTC Apr. 7, 2021
HOLLAND — Political polarization has deepened in Michigan and nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is stretching into its second year.
Since the first states entered lockdowns or stay-at-home orders in March 2020, the U.S. has seen national protests against racial injustice and police brutality, a deeply divisive presidential election (and a subsequent insurrection) and protests against health orders in place to try to stem COVID-19’s spread.