Empathy, respect for one another critical to ease political polarization, Stanford sociologist says

The key to bridging the broad ideological division in the United States is for both sides to work on understanding the core values that the other holds dear.

The unprecedented level of political division in the United States has been worrisome to many Americans, but bridging that gap is not an impossible task, according to a Stanford sociologist. Robb Willer, a professor of sociology, has studied the rising polarization in the United States for several years, and he hopes his research will encourage politicians and others from different ideological backgrounds to listen and talk to each other in a more productive way.

Willer recently addressed political polarization in the United States and what could be done to bridge that divide in a TED talk. He also spoke about his research with Stanford Report.

Continue reading the interview with Robb Willer about his research.