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US faces uneasy Thanksgiving as nation splits along tribal lines

Americans are politically now more widely divided than in 2016, research shows

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Across the United States tonight, millions of families will be sitting down together for Thanksgiving dinner in a nation so bitterly divided politically that articles are appearing in the media on how families should deal with their political disagreements.

Research shows that Americans are now more widely split than in 2016 - a not unexpected trend.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 28, 2019, with the headline US faces uneasy Thanksgiving as nation splits along tribal lines. Subscribe