USUS Politics

Charlie Cook Addresses ‘Most Divided Time’ in American Politics at State Legislators Summit

Save
Charlie Cook Addresses ‘Most Divided Time’ in American Politics at State Legislators Summit
U.S. Capitol Police officers stand in the crowd as protesters gather for a demonstration over the decision overturning Roe v. Wade in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on June 26, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Katie Spence
Updated:
0:00

Political analyst Charlie Cook told audience members at the 2022 National Conference of State Legislators Summit (NCSL) that Americans are currently experiencing the most divided time in domestic politics. We’re so divided, he said, that trying to predict politics in 2024 is “just making stuff up.”

Cook, founder of The Cook Political Report, said that the intense division is narrow and even. He explained that in the 2020 presidential election, six states came to a point and a half, or less, of deciding who won the electoral vote, and that approximately 78,000 votes settled the presidency.

Katie Spence
Katie Spence
Freelance reporter
Katie Spence is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times who covers energy, climate, and Colorado politics. She has also covered medical industry censorship and government collusion. Ms. Spence has more than 10 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including The Motley Fool and The Maverick Observer. She can be reached at: [email protected]
twitter
Related Topics