How polarized are Americans really? Are we really on the brink of civil war as some would suggest? Or is that just a mirage? That’s what I wanted to find out when I sat down with Jonathan Butcher @JM_Butcher, author of the new book “The Polarization Myth: America's Surprising Consensus on Race, Schools, and Sex.” “When we hear the term polarization, it makes us think that there's 50% on one side and 50% on the other side. But that's not what's going on,” says Butcher, who is acting director of the Center for Education Policy at @Heritage. Butcher conducted a survey of over 2,000 Americans and asked the survey participants for their opinions on contentious cultural and political issues. The results were quite different from what many may expect.