NEW YORK, NY – A new poll released Tuesday by the New York Times reveals a nation divided on how best to spread invective political rhetoric. The poll arrives on the heels of at least six other polls showing sharp divisions on the most effective way to disseminated polarizing comments and opinions. 42% of respondents in the NY Times poll reported using Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, or other social networking sites, 39% utilize newspaper editorials, emails, and calls into talk radio, and 19% use unspecified methods to spread misinformation, political rhetoric, and outright words of hostility and contempt.  “The numbers are most intriguing because they don’t follow party lines,” said Darrell M. West, director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution. “Whether it’s someone posting ‘the House just voted to f**k us all’ or ‘GOP = party of gun-toting, cry baby, homophobes’ there is an equality on sites like Facebook and Twitter.” Added West: “The real division is in people’s methods of spreading that animosity. From political rallies to Unitarian church bazaars, we’re seeing the same disparity.” Politicians are struggling to make sense of the NY Times poll and a different poll by NBC which shows a nation divided over the protocol of burning political effigies.