If you think tensions between the Left and the Right are going to fizzle out any time soon, think again. Recent polling hints that the mutual animosity between the political persuasions is becoming ingrained in individuals’ identities.

A poll released this week showed that an alarming number of voters hold their politics as central to their identities. Modern politics has become more tribalistic and heated than sports rivalries these days. In sports, fans root for the rival to lose. In politics, partisans root for the rival to be destroyed. It’s not just enough to beat them — you must imprison them, defame them, deplatform them, debank them, or even kill them. And while this behavior has mostly come from the Left in America, it’s not exclusive to them.