1 Is Overcoming Division a Fantasy?2 How Can We Mitigate Partisan Animosity?3 Can Our Shared Identities Bridge the Partisan Divide?4 Why Can't We Be Friends: Can Cross-Party Friendships Mitigate Affective Polarization?5 Does Cross-Party Dialogue Reduce Partisan Animus?6 Are There Downstream Consequences to Reducing Affective Polarization?7 What Does This All Mean?AcknowledgmentsAppendix: Data Sources UsedNotesBibliographyIndex