Photo: Ms Jones from California(Our (Almost Traditional) Thanksgiving Dinner)/Wikimedia Commons
A break from the ever-revolving cycle of political wrangling may be an essential part of what a holiday looks like. Sounds natural!
But this may be a lot for those who find political talk, news and national politicking as a kind of irresistible diet of their daily routines.
This Thanksgiving Day most Americans do not want their friends and family to bring political divisiveness to the dinner table – just savor the Turkey cuisines and relax.
A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that 58 percent of people would like to avoid any politically polarizing talk.
Interestingly, the trend to avoid such conversations extends across the spectrum with nearly two-thirds of Democrats, half of Republicans, and fifty-six percent of independents also express the same opinion.
The NPR reported on its website that according to the poll, just 31 percent say they would be eager to discuss the latest news with their family and friends, while 11 percent are unsure.
However, that trend may not be far different from what a CNN poll found last year, when 53 percent people expressed their aversion to having any such conversation, while 43 percent looked forward to having such a dialogue, according to the report.
“There’s a sense of dread. It suggests some indigestion may be part of Thanksgiving dinner if politics come up,” says Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion.
“People you work with and go out with socially tend to share political views, but when you get to family, if politics is in the recipe, it may not taste very well,” Miringoff says according to the National Public Radio.
