It has been one of the most divisive election campaigns in decades.

At the end of a depressing campaign, we are heading into a divisive election that will deliver a dubious mandate for the next government.

He pays generous tribute to defeated opponents and tries to bind the republic after a divisive election campaign.

He was a divisive figure who became a unifying one.

Canonisation would acknowledge a divisive figure but a symbol of renewal and unity.

He remains a divisive figure, however, with 22% saying he would unite the nation against 48% disagreeing.

This could make her a less divisive figure to floating voters than other potential choices.

What really prompted the prime minister to risk his fate on a divisive figure who has already resigned twice from the cabinet in disgrace?

They would not let it go, insisting we were a too visible and far too divisive force working against the interests of our player.

Will it be a constantly divisive force?

He says that, given the powerful divisive forces the process unleashed, 'the better call would have been a resolution of censure'.

Divisive forces are stretching social fabric to breaking point.

And they value community, family and hard work over the divisive politics of identity now promoted by all wings of the establishment.

It was a brief break from doomy and divisive politics.

This man's divisive politics have encouraged his most fervent followers to make this election the most vicious we can recall.

He continued to be invigorated by his laboratory and kitchen, and he couldn't avoid the divisive politics of the mid-century.

How much to pump into the railways, and where, remain the most divisive questions.

Since the 1990s, a divisive question in politics has been how much of the income from petroleum production the government should spend, and how much it should save.

Neither party had taken a position on the divisive question during the campaign, but selecting a permanent capital was high on the list of the new legislature's orders of business.

Developments have taken place which not only make possible, but also require the churches to examine the divisive questions and condemnations and see them in a new light.

He has frequently talked on the campaign trail about the president's divisive rhetoric.

The report argued that its free speech policy was allowing them to spread misinformation, post harmful and divisive rhetoric, and even make calls to violence.

Politicians have, in her view, stoked tension with their divisive rhetoric.

But five months and various unscripted tweets later, he showed his choice was to revert to the divisive rhetoric that scores well with some of his base.

Fear leads to divisive rhetoric and pushes people apart.

Such statements would provoke a backlash in most western countries, where migration has become a highly divisive issue.

Success requires the agreement of a disparate group of politicians on a series of highly divisive issues from deficit reduction to electoral reform.

Like her, he had sought a clear mandate for a highly divisive policy, in his case the introduction of economic protection.

Passage of the legislation was controversial and highly divisive, with experts, academics, religious institutions, and major political figures declaring their support or opposition while it was pending in the legislature.

The concept of a royal yacht has long been a politically divisive issue.

It became increasingly common for spouses of heads of state or government to select specific causes to promote, usually ones that are not politically divisive.

Over the course of the 20th century it became increasingly common for first ladies to select specific causes to promote, usually ones that are not politically divisive.