There are other factors at work. always in america, race relations play an important role. this is one other area where the differences between left and right are much more marked than in other countries, as can be seen from the 2020 pew survey. all of this highlights a new reality, you cannot really understand america anymore by looking at averages. it has become two countries. one is urban, more educated, multiracial, secular and largely left of center. the other is rural, less educated, religious, white and largely right of center. inglehart and the scholar cristel russell has a map that plots countries according to their responses to questions about values. as of 2020, america was something of a outlier in the western world, closer to countries like uruguay and vietnam than to sweden and denmark. but if one were to divide america into two countries, one red and one blue, i suspect you would see the blue america would fit comfortably with northern european protestant countries, whil
Largely right of center. ingle hart and the scholar crisell russell has a map that plots countries according to their responses to questions about values. as of 2020, america was something of a outlier in the western world, closer to countries like uruguay and vietnam than to sweden and denmark. but if one were to divide america into two countries, one red and one blue, i suspect you would see the blue america would fit comfortably with northern european protestant countries, while red america s culture values would move it closer to nigeria and saudi arabia. for the country s political future, the central question is now this can these two americas find a way to live, work, tolerate, and cooperate with one another? if not, the abortion battle may be the precursor to even larger struggles.
States. in connecticut, a new law will protect abortion seekers and providers from out of state lawsuits. but conservatives also feel emboldened. in louisiana, lawmakers are are pushing a bill that would classify abortions as homicides. these red states already have legislature in place that would trigger automatic bans if it overturns roe and other states are likely to follow south. analysts say the next frontier in the abortion battle may be the growing use of pills by mail that can end unwanton pregnancies. suppliers of these medications say they intend to keep sending them to the u.s., no matter what state laws say. reporter: for those intent on ending apportions in parts of the united states, the biggest barrier may now not be politics but pills. which researchers say are