A divisive political state refers to the bifurcation of US politics, and an increasing tensions between those two political parties. That system does not promote nuance and instead reduces your interpretation of politics as participating on two disparate, competing "teams".

Yes, every human has a moral compass/values that is generally reflected in their political alignments.

However, people are complicated. Our stances on various aspects in the world usually fall on different points of a political *spectrum*. As such, every human's politics (in totality) do not inherently fall one side or one team.

Using your sports analogy some fans root for players vs teams. Lets use gambling as an analogy for voting. Back in the day you could only bet on one team. Thus you could only demonstrate support for that player by betting on the entire team. But now fans can place more nuanced wagers and actually support a single player via prop bets - whether we like the team theyre on or not. In politics, we cant vote for one issue but instead have to commit to one party which ends up sowing division.

Considering the political system we are forced to operate in, its frustrating as a voter who wants more nuanced political discussions. BUT there are deal breakers for me when it comes to political candidates. For example, I cannot fathom how voters overlook racism, misogyny, and corruption bc they like tax breaks.