A recent news report suggested that in the last several years professionals (especially lawyers) have become increasingly democrat in their orientation. I would argue that the change might have made economic sense but it helps to diminish the role of the two party system in the US. The professionals added a bit of moderation to the GOP - preventing the religionists from estabilishing dominance. But moving the lawyers to the democrats does not moderate their positions. Indeed, as the trial bar has found it useful to push all sorts of new claims on the legal system - their paychecks have increased but the level of political discourse has decreased. More and more the discussions become items of rent seeking - set asides and principles designed eventually to end up in court.
That certainly does not explain the decreasing civility in the American political system - but it may offer a part of a hint.
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