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<p>Nathalie Bussemaker is a Senior Research Associate at More in Common. She previously worked as a Special Assistant at Schmidt Futures, where she managed a grants portfolio and worked on the International Strategy Forum fellowship. Nathalie also worked on depolarization at the Institute for Integrated Transitions, conducted research on Syrian refugee returns for Human Rights Watch, and spent a year in Jordan studying Arabic as a Parker Huang Postgraduate Fellow. She holds a B.A. in Global Affairs and History from Yale University and a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.</p>
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      string(1524) "<p>Even among the 33 percent of Americans who make up the progressive and conservative “wings” of the political spectrum, a slight majority (51%) agree more with the statement that “the people I agree with politically need to be willing to listen to others and compromise” than with the statement that “people I agree with politically need to stick to their beliefs and fight.”</p>
<p><b>Source:</b> <a title="https://url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/gNWPCP6zJH6oy3Fzf2fxBS9S?domain=hiddentribes.us/" href="https://url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/gNWPCP6zJH6oy3Fzf2fxBS9S?domain=hiddentribes.us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-outlook-id="727fe9a1-b241-4a01-87e5-836509c77976" data-linkindex="0">Hidden Tribes</a></p>
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<div><b>Why: </b>An even stronger majority (65%) of the more moderate “Exhausted Majority” preferred listening to others, but I’m encouraged by the fact that the desire for bridging divides isn’t just found in the middle of the political spectrum. It can be easy to caricature both Progressive Activists and Devoted Conservatives as unwilling to engage with other perspectives, but strong political beliefs are usually still compatible with a desire to understand the opinions of others.</div>
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