A recent Pew Research Center poll has shown that among Republican voters, those who support former President Trump are less likely to favor political compromise on issues compared to supporters of other GOP presidential candidates.
The poll was conducted just before the Iowa caucuses, which marks the beginning of the presidential primary season. Trump held a substantial lead in Iowa, with DeSantis and Haley trailing behind.
In survey, about 63 percent of former President Trump’s supporters want him to focus on pushing for Republican policies in office rather than working with Democrats.
Hence, party members prefer Trump because they believe he’s less likely to compromise.
Thirty-six percent of Republicans insisit it’s important for the party’s candidate to focus on finding common ground with Democrats.
Republican voters as a whole are split on the issue of compromise, with 50 percent of respondents emphasizing the importance of compromise in some capacity.
Unless you are willing to compromise, society cannot live together.
– Alan Greenspan
Supporters of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley are the most likely to favor compromise, with 72 percent of respondents wanting their candidate to work across the aisle. And just over half of supporters of Governor Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) back compromise over partisanship.
Ironically, when Trump ran for president in 2016, he branded himself as a master negotiator and dealmaker.
Whatever happened to that?
Any negotiation involves compromise and no one will get everything they want.
– Nicky Morgan
Trump enjoys a significantly larger proportion of support among GOP voters compared to other candidates, leading by a wide margin in national primary polls.
Two-thirds of GOP voters believe that the primary won’t be closely contested, and over half find the campaign dull.
Democrats more likely to favor compromise and diplomacy?
Key Stat: Four years ago, among Democratic voters, 63 percent believed it was more important for the Democratic candidate to focus on finding common ground with Republicans while 35 percent of Democratic voters believed it was more important for the Democratic candidate to push aggressively for policies that Democrats wanted.
These figures suggest that at that time, a majority of Democratic voters leaned toward seeking common ground with Republicans rather than pursuing a more confrontational approach to advancing Democratic policies.
The more recent Pew poll surveyed approximately 5,200 people in late November and early December, with a margin of error of 1.8 percentage points.
