A review by lillsa01
The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart by Bill Bishop

3.0

A slog to get through, this book was filled with numbers and statistics to back up the thought that since the 1970's, Americans have been clustering in like-minded groups, whose opinions are then internally amplified, creating political deadlock. I found the most interesting chapter to be on religion and how churches grow. As someone who is currently living somewhere that I would not choose, where I am continuously at ideological odds with my neighbors, I was hoping this book would give some insight into what creates community and why people live where they do. There were some interesting tidbits in this book, but it was buried beneath mountains of political statistics.