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9 Charts Reveal The REAL Divide In Politics

Walter HickeyApr 15, 2013, 05:13 IST

REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstPoliceman herds anti-gay marriage protesters outside the Supreme Court.Polls have shown that political partisanship has surged to an all time high over the past decade, driven in part by ongoing culture wars on controversial social issues.

But the Republican-Democrat split doesn't get to the heart of what's really dividing Americans on these issues. When it comes down to it, Americans generally agree with members of their own generation.

We've found eight instances in which political fights are fundamentally generational. Specifically, the contrast lies among the millennials, Baby Boomers, and the Silent Generation.