A nasty election season that ends with close results is not going to clear the muddy waters of American political discourse.
Many people likely thought that on Wednesday as the nation once again focused on serious yet divisive problems like the national debt and implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
The election gave President Barack Obama a second term but left control of the Senate and the House divided between Democrats and Republicans.
“The public re-upped on divided government,” said Glenn W. Richardson Jr., an associate professor of political science at Kutztown University.