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Joe Biden Is Running Against a Myth About Trump
Bipartisan compromise won’t return when the current president is gone.
The nostalgia candidate.
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Between 2011 and 2017, six different national surveys by the Pew Research Center produced similar results. Democratic voters said they liked elected officials who would compromise with opponents. Republican voters said they preferred officials who wouldn’t compromise.
As recently as July 2017, the contrast was stark. Among Democrats, 69 percent said they liked officials who compromised. Among Republicans, only 46 percent did — a 23-point gap.