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Interesting things to track:
Created by Barry Johnson of [http://www.polaritypartnerships.com/ Polarity Partnerships], Polarity Maps are ways to map out tensions.


* Sales of self-help books
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= History and Philosophy =


The [[wikipedia:Liberal democracy#Origins|Wikipedia article on liberal democracy]] gives a good overview of how modern democracies evolved.
Guidelines for creating a map:


Daniel Ziblatt [http://harvardmagazine.com/2017/05/making-liberal-democracies posits] that the factional strength of a country's elites determines the survival of democracy, not a rise in living standards or an uprising of the working or middle class.
# Define the challenge
 
# Identify a key polarity
= Voting =
# Name the poles in a value-neutral way
 
# Brainstorm content for each quadrant
Who shows up to vote?
# Agree on higher purpose or deeper fear
 
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/upshot/black-turnout-in-1964-and-beyond.html "Black Turnout in 1964, and Beyond."] ''New York Times''. October 16, 2014.
* [http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/05/12/black-voter-turnout-fell-in-2016-even-as-a-record-number-of-americans-cast-ballots/ "Black voter turnout fell in 2016, even as a record number of Americans cast ballots."] Pew Research. May 12, 2017.
* [http://www.electproject.org/home/voter-turnout/demographics Voter Turnout Demographics]
 
How do votes translate to decisions?
 
Requires [[diversity]] and [[education]].
 
Ka-Ping Yee's [http://zesty.ca/voting/sim/ voting simulation visualizations].
 
= U.S. Population / Demographic Shifts =
 
== Religion ==
 
According to Pew Research<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States</ref>:
 
* Evangelical Protestant — 25.4%
* Mainline Protestant — 14.7%
* Black church — 6.5%
* Catholic — 20.8%
 
According to Gallup, 2014 "Beliefs and Values" survey suggested that 42 percent of Americans are creationists, 31 percent are theistic evolutionists, and 19 percent are atheistic evolutionists.<ref>http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/11/you-cant-educate-people-into-believing-in-evolution/382983/</ref>
 
== Age ==
 
[https://www.axios.com/when-children-become-scarce-birth-rates-falling-92f11c1e-a26a-4635-8885-9eab1ffd182e.html When children become scarce]
 
= Regional Inequality =
 
[[Cities]]
 
Gerrymandering
 
= Foreign Policy =
 
Transformational versus transactional diplomacy
 
= Activism =
 
* [https://equalcitizens.us/ Equal Citizens]. Founded by Lawrence Lessig.
 
= References =
 
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Revision as of 19:28, 19 June 2018

Created by Barry Johnson of Polarity Partnerships, Polarity Maps are ways to map out tensions.

Left Pole Right Pole
Upsides Left Pole Upsides Right Pole Upsides
Downsides Left Pole Downsides Right Pole Downsides


Guidelines for creating a map:

  1. Define the challenge
  2. Identify a key polarity
  3. Name the poles in a value-neutral way
  4. Brainstorm content for each quadrant
  5. Agree on higher purpose or deeper fear