Neither of the political parties are doing anything other than lip service to entice jobs back. Trump was the only one to really bring it up in probably 40 years, and he was lambasted.
>Your comment suggests that there's "65%" of the country that just wants to get along. I'm disputing that.
Based on what? There are only a few wedge issues, I think aside from those, most people aren't that far off, even on the issues they are passionate about. The biggest impediment is that the political parties are both extremely economically conservative.
There may only be a "a few" wedge issues, but they concern the fundamentals of how a society is run and organized. To name just a few in no particular order:
role of redistribution in the economy / role of religion in public education (and education and public life more widely) / whether or not life begins at conception and the moral consequences of one's answer / how much (if any) foreign military intervention / the importance of a mammoth response to climate change / the extent of and response to systemic discrimination in historical and present day society / individual responsibilities during public health emergencies / the roles and responsibilities of for-profit corporations in society / ...
People do not agree about these things, nor will they.
Sometimes when there is a misunderstanding of the writer’s intent, it is an issue with the clarity of the writing and not an issue with the reader.
Try “Trump’s gang of domestic terrorists” instead, for what they actually are and/or represent.
Then what you call “the middle” suddenly takes on a very different , much less reasonable look.