Or maybe we should fix the divide itself, given that the system has worked reasonably well during 200+ years, more than most Western democracies

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unseen/201809/...

But a 2012 study by Stanford University political science professor Shanto Iyengar and colleagues offers another way of looking at this apparent split.2 It examined political polarization from a different angle — not from how Americans stand on policy issues, but from the perspective of “affect” — how they feel about those on the other side of the political fence. Drawing from survey data spanning several decades, the study found that the feelings of those who affiliate as Democrat or Republican towards members of the opposing party have become increasingly negative since the late '80s.

Another study published earlier this year by Texas Tech University professor Bryan McLaughlin provides additional insight regarding the contributing role of the media in the political polarization of the country.

Media, and social media, have a lot to answer for.

EDIT: here's a CNN political analyst joking about a conversation he made up.

https://twitter.com/joelockhart/status/1220064298925461505?s...

Vox doesn't even remotely address any possible role they must have had in furthering the divide. But sure they have solutions.