No. America is a nation.
The idea to which you refer is long dead. We need new ideas. "Blue vs. Red" is not an idea, it's a trick.
Exactly.
Many times there's no alignment with platforms, candidates jump on whatever team gets them there-- all to partake in the slop trough that is DC.
We often don't even expect or care if a candidate has the right ideas to change things--they're on my team and I'm voting team, not policy.
We've quit voting country and we vote red team/blue team... teams that continually look for ways to rile us up and divide.