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Democrats and Republicans place more importance on advancing own policies than finding common ground

Pew Research Center · Reem Nadeem · last updated

Republicans and Republican leaning independents overwhelmingly (76%) say Trump is doing an excellent or good job pushing for his policies, regardless of whether Democratic officials agree with them. 

By comparison, Democrats and Democratic leaners continue to be more critical of the job their elected officials have done at pushing against Trump’s policies when they disagree.

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