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Politics● LowSep 21 · Sep 21, 2026, 12:30 PM

Party division is at its peak, but the extremes have never been closer to each other

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · global

Originally dubbed the “Horseshoe theory,” the concept argues that at the extremes, the political left and right eventually bend towards each other.

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