In Episode 3 of Season 2 of Vote and Voice, we explore how political polarization has intensified worldwide. From the 2008 financial crisis and the rise of the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street in the U.S., to Brexit in the U.K., Germany’s refugee debates, Brazil’s Operation Car Wash, and India’s Citizenship Amendment Act protests, this episode examines the concrete events and factors driving deep divisions in modern politics.

We discuss how crises, distrust in institutions, political incentives, and modern media have combined to make polarization a defining feature of global politics today.