The 3 P's of Today's Political Dynamics: As we begin to reset for the election year, I'm going up to 30,000 feet to put forward a broad description of American politics using three P's: partisanship, polarization and parity.

The article discusses three key elements shaping contemporary American politics, including partisanship, highlighting the increasing influence of party identification on policy preferences; polarization, emphasizing the growing dislike between Democrats and Republicans; and parity.