America is seeing both partisan animosity and lowered trust in social institutions: James Druckman

"The US has a written Constitution with many unspoken things — an example is the role of the Supreme Court which is very vague. Over time, people’s expectations of how politicians should behave have grown but there’s nothing legally binding about that. Even Congress respecting Supreme Court decisions or not allocating electoral districts to partisan advantage are norms we expect politicians to abide by — but there’s nothing illegal about not abiding.," says James Druckman.