GREEN BAY, Wis (NBC 26) -- With the current unrest in the country right now both democrats and republican party leaders in Brown County say the divide between parties is perhaps the most extreme they have ever experienced.
It's hard to escape the political tension around nearly every corner of the United States right now.
"The political climate surely is different than it has been in the past," says James Fitzgerald the Chairman of the Brown County Republican Party.
Fitzgerald says the current divide between republicans and democrats shouldn't, but has led to unnecessary division in our country.
"The unrest that you are seeing right now, the Republican headquarters recently damaged in Appleton, Door County and around the area has been something we have not seen in the past."
And it's not just republicans noticing the ever-growing wedge in society, democrats are seeing it first-hand too.
"We have come to be a very polarized nation," says Mary Ginnebaugh the Vice-Chair of the Democratic Party of Brown County.
Ginnebaugh says she has never experienced such a drastic divide in politics in her lifetime or such a demand for people wanting to show their support for their candidate of choice.
"It shows that people are truly engaged in this election and that's the kind of democracy that it is meant to be."
But with tensions continuing to rise between democrats and republicans across the country both sides tend to agree on one matter, this upcoming election in November will likely be one that both respective parties think could change the course of America's future.
"I think people realize our democracy is in a very fragile state and it is important to ensure that their voices really are heard," says Ginnebaugh.
"Well this election is clearly, in my humble opinion and our membership's opinion, is a choice between capitalism and socialism," adds Fitzgerald.
