Inside the Polarization | Divided States of America Part 1 (full documentary) | FRONTLINE (PBS)

Name: Inside the Polarization | Divided States of America Part 1 (full documentary) | FRONTLINE (PBS)
Uploaded: 2026
Duration: 1 h 53 min

20261h 53mHD★ 7.9Society & Politics

The first episode of a two-part 2017 docuseries on the partisanship that gridlocked Washington during Barack Obama’s presidency, and the polarized America that Donald Trump stood to inherit. (Aired 2017) Days before Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, FRONTLINE premiered “Divided States of America,” a four-hour, two-night documentary miniseries examining events during the Obama presidency that revealed deep divisions in the U.S. and helped pave the way for Trump’s ascent.

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