--- title: Davos Poll: What Do You Think About American Divides? description: Ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, a TIME poll asks what readers think about a notoriously divided America canonical: https://time.com/4634816/davos-world-economic-forum-political-divide/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-13T22:14:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:43:52.955Z article:section: Politics og:title: Poll: What Do You Think About American Political Divides? og:description: As Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration, electoral divisions remain og:url: https://time.com/4634816/davos-world-economic-forum-political-divide/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2634a126c0730cf9/6988b595ab6d77b5f16ac797/trump-obama-political-divides.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-OBAMA-TRUMP og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Poll: What Do You Think About American Political Divides? twitter:description: As Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration, electoral divisions remain twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2634a126c0730cf9/6988b595ab6d77b5f16ac797/trump-obama-political-divides.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Poll: What Do You Think About American Political Divides?  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 13, 2017 10:14 PM UTC  President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Nov. 10, 2016. President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Nov. 10, 2016.Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 13, 2017 10:14 PM UTC The notoriously bitter 2016 presidential campaign laid bare the [partisan divisions](http://time.com/4607261/north-carolina-bathroom-bill-lgbt-repeal/) throughout the country. In the wake of the election, leaders of both political parties have urged Americans to work toward unity. As [President-elect Donald Trump prepares](http://time.com/white-house-interviews/) for his [inauguration](http://time.com/4634445/donald-trump-inauguration-prayer/), questions remain about what factors have been most responsible for dividing Americans and what will come next. In this poll ahead of the [World Economic Forum](https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2017/player?p=1&pi=1&id=82263) in [Davos](http://time.com/4186599/davos-2016-technology-jobs/) this week, TIME asks what readers think about a divided America. 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