Data Analyses Explained: How We Plotted Countries by Country Division Entrenchment Polarization score (y-axis) (x-axis) (sum) Polarization Levels Argentina 87 77 164 Colombia 74 62 136 U.S. 67 66 133 To visualize country-level polarization, we plotted countries based on the percentage of respondents in each Spain 56 77 133 country who see deep divisions and feel those divisions are entrenched. S. Africa 61 71 132 Depth of Division forms the y-axis. A country’s Division score is the percent who believe their country is Sweden 51 79 130 very/extremely divided, using POL_DEG.* Japan 47 75 122 Italy 41 79 120 POL_DEG. Using the scale below, please indicate how divided on key societal issues you believe Brazil 65 55 120 your country is today. 5-point scale; top 2 box = very/extremely divided.* UK 50 69 119 A country’s Entrenchment score is on the x-axis. It’s the percent who do not believe that their country will be able to The Netherlands 43 75 118 work through its divisions, using POL_PROG. This scorewas measured only among respondents who believe their France 51 66 117 country is very/extremely divided (POL_DEG/4-5). Mexico 52 65 117 S. Korea 55 61 116 POL_PROG. How likely or unlikely do you think it is that your country will be able to work Germany 41 75 116 through or overcome its ideological divisions and lack of agreement on key issues and Australia 35 74 109 challenges? 8-point scale; codes 2-5 = unlikely/neutral, among POL_DEG/4-5 = Entrenched Canada 38 71 109 The tableto the right shows each country’s Division and Entrenchment score, as well as the total Polarization Thailand 48 50 98 score. Cut-points were then determined that would allow us to group countries based their level of polarization.The Nigeria 49 49 98 first step in the cut-point determination process was to look for natural gaps in the scores. We then further tested Ireland 32 64 96 these cut-points by profiling countries in each of the 4 resulting groupings to make sure that they displayed Kenya 39 47 86 differences along key polarization-related dimensions. The final cut points used to characterize a country’s level of India 35 36 71 Polarization is shown below. UAE 18 48 66 Severely polarized: sum of 130 or higher Singapore 18 46 64 In danger of severe polarization: sum between 115 to 129 Saudi Arabia 18 43 61 China 14 45 59 Moderately polarized: sum between 80 to 114 Malaysia 28 27 55 Not polarized: sum less than 80 Indonesia 11 44 55 *Division score was calculated using a rebased POL_DEG excluding respondents who selected “don’t know.”