…7 out of 10 Democrats support compromise:
What’s more, it’s not just that the Republican Party contains more conservatives than the Democratic Party contains liberals but that “solid liberals” are less intense in their preferences than their conservative equivalences. If you compare Pew’s typology groups on “Politics & Elections” and particularly, “support for compromise,” you’ll find that 70 percent of solid liberals like elected officials who “compromise with those they disagree with.” By contrast, only 17 percent of “staunch conservatives” agree. The rest — or at least, 79 percent — prefer elected officials who stick to their positions.
Of course they oppose compromise. If they compromised God would strike them dead and America would go to Hell. End Medicaid Now! Outlaw miscegenation! Thank God Bush finally got bin Ladin!
