DOUG: IT’S A TOPIC DIVIDING FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT RELIGION OR RACE, BUT POLITICS TONIGHT. YOU WILL HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHOSE VOTE JUST ABOUT RUINED RELATIONSHIPS. IN POLITICS, TWO COMMONLY USED TERMS ARE FAR-LEFT AND FAR-RIGHT. AND THAT SEPARATION SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN GROWING WIDER OVER THE PAST FEW ELECTIONS. >> COUNTRY HAS GOTTEN MORE AND MORE DIVIDED AND PASSIONS RUN HIGH. >> I NEVER ENVISIONED FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. DOUG: BUT IT DID HAPPEN TO THIS WOMAN, WHO DOESN’T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED. THE ARGUMENTS AND FIGHTING, BEFORE AND AFTER GOING TO THE BALLOT BOX, AND SHE’S NOT ALONE. >> YOU REALLY GET AFRAID TO EVEN TALK ABOUT IT SOMETIMES, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE REACTIONS. [SHOUTING] DOUG: WE CAN’T FORGET THIS ANGER AT THE U.S. CAPITOL, 2 MONTHS AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. RIOTING IN WASHINGTON D.C., PEOPLE STILL UPSET WITH THE OUTCOME, AND FIGHTING TO TRY AND OVERTURN IT. >> SEEING ALL THE HATRED ON BOTH SIDES. DOUG: THAT IS SOMETHING LIVING EXPERIENCED WHEN PEOPLE HE LOVED AND CARED ABOUT DIDN’T FILL OUT THE BALLOT THE WAY HE DID. PARTISAN POLITICS NOT JUST FROM POLITICIANS, BUT PEOPLE THEY HE CARED ABOUT. AND IT’S NOT JUST HAPPENING IN NEW MEXICO, BUT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. >> SOME FAMILIES DON’T SEEM TO BE ABOUT TO NAVIGATE DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY THAT THEY ARE THINKING. DOUG: SOME LOVED ONES EVEN TAKING A HOLIDAY FROM THE HOLIDAYS, AND NOT GETTING TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE. >> MORE YOU TRY TO EXPLAIN YOURSELF, WHY YOU FELT THE WAY YOU DID, THE WORSE IT GOT. DOUG: TO TRY AND MAKE IT BETTER, DR. MCCRADY CONSIDER THIS. >> MAYBE I SHOULD LOOK FOR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. AND AGAIN, LET ME HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH A FAMILY MEMBER I DISAGREE WITH. DOUG: IT MAY BE EASIER SAID THAN DONE, BUT IT COULD KEEP YOU FROM FEELING THE NEED TO AVOID SOMEONE WHO YOU NORMALLY WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH. >> THERE WAS NO IN BETWEEN. YOU WERE RIGHT. YOU WERE WRONG. THERE WAS NO FILTER ON ANYONE. THEY SAID, WHAT THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE TALKING TO A STRANGER. DOUG: FOR HER, IT’S GOTTEN BETTER WITH TIME. SAME FOR WILLIAM. HE RESPECTS PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERING OPINIONS. BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO LEAD TO LOSING A LOVED ONE OR FRIEND. HE KNOWS POLITICS CAN BE POLARIZING, BUT HE BELIEVES IT’S REALLY NOT THE VOTER, BUT WHO WE VOTE FOR. >> THEY WANT TO BLAME THE RIGHT , AND THE RIGHT WANTS TO BLAME THE LEFT. BUT TO ME, THE BLAME SHOULD GO TO THE POLITICIANS. DOUG: EXPERTS SAY, IF YOU CAN, JUST AVOID TALKING ABOUT POLITICS. IF THE DISCUSSION BEGINS, TRY TO STOP IT.