Democratic Divide

The Christian Science Monitor has another take on the "Democratic Divide"—it's closing up. Of course, you wouldn't know by watching cable news, which not only emphasizes exit polls for division data, but also prefers to linger on those which demonstrate division. Likewise racial conflict has been inflated in this campaign—through exit polls—when it has been clear for some time (and confirmed again in Oregon) that the real split was geographical and/or cultural. Why? Conflict sells. Sensational journalism sells.