Has politics become a religion?

I don't know if the U.S. has seen too much change in this recently, leaders like Trump just make this a bit more obvious.

voters have always been different on average from the rest of the industrial democracies. Several early 2000s studies suggested that levels of single-issue voting and "single personality trait voting" were the highest among Western nations. And it seems like that is still the case.

-Not accepting election loss and even trying to reverse it would be an instant career killer in most other places. Being president/prime minister again would be impossible as also your former voters will have nothing to do with you in most other nations. I am only talking about the reversing part, not "just" suggesting it.

I'm sensing some gayness from the OP.

It has for some people. Ever since the mid-2010s, there are people out there who have inserted politics into everything! You can't get away from it! Even liking or hating a movie seems to be a political statement these days, and it's ridiculous. Liking or hating a product because of your values becomes a political statement. Not thinking the same way as the Borg on social media becomes a political statement. Sooner or later, the way you piss and shit in the john's gonna become a political statement.

I honestly hate it, and miss the days when people didn't care who you voted for or what your political stance was. It's one of many reasons I despise social media now, because it and the media in general are what's pushing this garbage.