Is America close to civil war?

[Storminamu]

Professor Barbara Walter sits on America's Political Instability Taskforce, and she says that the country is dangerously close to civil war.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/20/us-closer-to-civil-war-new-book-barbara-walter-trump-capitol-attack

Came home from visiting US family a couple of weeks ago. We didn't talk about it but it was a lurking idea in the media. More than I've ever seen or heard before.
As with Labour here, the Democrats are full of alienating identity politics bullshit which is pushing people away. Not towards the Balkanisation nutters (that's code for secession, btw) but there's no centre ground so they will not participate in the process.
My family (who are all Americans not ex-pats) have been openly talking about moving here or Canada.

From science.org,

Although almost all respondents thought it’s important for the United States to remain a democracy, about 40% said having a strong leader is more important. Half expect a civil war in the United States in the next few years. (The survey didn’t specify when.) “The fact that basically half the country is expecting a civil war is just chilling,” Wintemute says. And many expect to take part. If found in a situation where they think violence is justified to advance an important political objective, about one in five respondents thinks they will likely be armed with a gun. About 7% of participants—which would correspond to about 18 million U.S. adults—said they would be willing to kill a person in such a situation.

How frightening

A handmaids tale is on the way.......

Correct. It's booked for Tuesday.