The polarization and animosity were far deeper on the eve of the Civil War than it's ever been. The 'red state-blue state' divisions of today referring to the 2000 presidential election where maps denoted in blue states that backed Democrat Al Gore and in red for Republican George W. Bush or the cultural wars over abortion, gay rights or other issues are far more superficial than the events of the 1850s.
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