The Blessing of a Divided Country

Division is a gift that resists religious totalitarianism

I can’t stop thinking about the 1984 election. That November 6, there was a true landslide—Reagan and Bush won 525 to Mondale and Ferraro’s 13. It was the Republicans' second term, and they ran on the economy. The unemployment rate during Reagan’s first term was much higher than what it is today under Biden (10.6 to today’s 4.1%), but he still convinced…