Ezra Klein

“is the single best thing published on the dynamics of the 2016 election. I believe that firmly.”

“perfect Netflix category.”

“To understand American politics, we need a better understanding of how identity works in politics, and in us. Many of us have been taught to only see identity in others. We need to see it in ourselves.”

“I don’t want less democracy. I want less vetocracy.”

“Our mission is to create a site that’s as good at explaining the world as it is at reporting on it.”

“I think the last 15 years have been a very rough 15 years for the United States, and arguably the 15 best years in the human race's entire history.”

“I don't think you can look at this period and feel confident in our institutions or their ability to make wise decisions or handle emergencies effectively.”

“My sense of mission is simple: I have values and beliefs about how the world should work and what would make the world better, and I try to persuade people of them, but I also try to explore them in an honest way.”

“My first book about polarization, Why We’re Polarized, was very much about how polarization, particularly asymmetric polarization on the right, has deranged national politics.”

“I’m the West Coaster, which is why I’m so pissed, because I was in California while doing all this work and thinking about why California was performing so terribly, despite being the greatest state the world has ever known.”

“Well, the American people are one thing, that’s the first thing about polarization.”

“I don’t think we know the answer to that. So, I think it is pretty clear, the Senate is not going to muster a two-thirds majority to remove Donald Trump from office.”

“Polarization is a very rational response for the other party becoming more different from you, it having a scarier idea for you of what they would do if they were elected.”