Singer, songwriter and state icon Dolly Parton -- and her theme park, Dollywood -- provide something on which politically divided Tennesseans can agree. (Photo: Dollywood)

We are a nation and state divided — on paper anyway.

The last presidential election was decided by a difference of 1.47%. Here in Tennessee, Republicans have held a supermajority in the state legislature for a little over a decade, but when given a choice statewide and gerrymandering is taken out, our Tennessee values are a lot less divided than our legislature would reflect.

If you look at polling from Vanderbilt University, Tennesseans in clear majorities support recreational marijuana, red-flag gun safety laws and exceptions to the abortion ban for rape, incest and the life of the mother. Our Republican-dominated l

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