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What 4 Years of Dining With Trump Supporters Taught Me About Polarization

Our conversations could be frustrating, but they also gave me hope. Was I a fool to think we were getting somewhere?

Philippa Hughes
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14 min readJan 21, 2021

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Three days after the 2016 election, I posted an invitation on Facebook. I was looking for Donald Trump voters who wanted to come over for dinner at…

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