The world says that the United States has been downgraded! American media: The partisan struggle in the United States has fallen into a vicious cycle, seriously affecting the country's governance ability rating | Polarization | The United States
On August 4th, China Daily reported that the website of the U.S. Capitol Hill newspaper published an article on August 2nd stating that political polarization and partisan disputes in the United States have entered a vicious cycle. In today's United States, the attitudes of the people and their political identity are intertwined. At the same time, the hatred and distrust between parties have been on the rise.
The image article further points out that the diversity of opinions in the United States has been declining, which is crucial for effective democracy. The degree of polarization is likely to deepen and form a vicious cycle. In a highly structured social system, some political and non political attitudes are neatly mapped onto opposing party identities, and the expression of cross disciplinary beliefs may quickly lead to political misunderstandings.
The article states that people who believe they sympathize with one political party may be misunderstood and criticized by another party, and then fall into a heated debate.
The political disputes in the United States have seriously affected its national governance capacity, and have even led to a downgrade internationally.
Chad Francis, Senior Director of International Ratings at Fitch Ratings, said on Wednesday that Fitch has decided to downgrade the US credit rating due to fiscal concerns, deteriorating US governance, and political polarization, which can be partially reflected in the January 6 riots.
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Previously, Fitch Ratings downgraded the US rating from AAA to AA+, which surprised investors' expectations. The reason was that the US fiscal situation would deteriorate over the next three years, and there were repeated instances of debt ceiling negotiations dragging on until the very end, threatening the government's ability to pay its bills.
Francis stated that part of the reason the agency made this decision was due to the belief that the governance situation in the United States has deteriorated, which has led to a lack of confidence in the government's ability to address fiscal and debt issues. This deterioration and the intensification of polarization in the country's political climate were evident in the rebellion on January 6th, as emphasized by the agency during a meeting with the US Treasury Department before the downgrade.
Francis said, "The reason we emphasize this event is because it reflects a deterioration in governance, one of the many manifestations of governance deterioration. There is a debt ceiling crisis, there was a January 6th riot. It is obvious that if you look at the polarization between the two parties... the Democratic Party is becoming more left-wing, the Republican Party is becoming more right-wing, and has basically deviated from the middle line. We will not blame any party for the deterioration of fiscal conditions."