UNC political science professor Marc Hetherington joins 97.9 The Hill News Director Brighton McConnell on Thursday, February 29. Ahead of primary election day in North Carolina, there’s an unusual sense that some of the biggest races are already wrapped up based on the polarization and partisanship gripping the U.S. Hetherington shares perspective on how we got here, what feels different in this presidential election compared to 2020, and historical context for the last time an election was this charged. The political scientist also shares the effects of this division reflected at the state level and his thoughts on whether this is the “new normal” of American politics moving forward.

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