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The Scribe: Four types of Democrats, five types of Republicans. Too partisan to govern?

Dan Balz and Jon Cohen began their series on a study of the two major political parties in the US now -- in August 2012 -- as we near a presidential election. "The study, conducted by The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation, underscores that the gulf between Republicans and Democrats has never been wider. Partisan polarization now presents a potentially insurmountable barrier to governing for whoever wins the White House in November."

The study finds that the differences between the two parties are not the only fractures in the system. The parties are also fractured internally: Democrats with four distinct groups and Republicans with five.