SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - In a room with current and aspiring politicians, Monday’s Downtown Sioux Falls Rotary Club panel focused on the current state of political tension and the role of civil discourse.

Today’s political polarization is very evident, and the panel discussed how we arrived at this point and what steps we can take as we navigate the upcoming election cycle.

Dr. David Wiltse, a political science professor at South Dakota State University, says Democratic and Republican Politicians across the country are a lot more similar now than they were 50-75 years ago, as federal politics has taken over the popularity state politics used to have.

“What that means is on any given vote in any given congress, you’re going to be voting with your party 95-99% of the time,” W

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