Poll: Majority favors compromise among political leaders

A majority of Americans in a new poll say they want political leaders to compromise in order to solve the nation’s problems.

A Gallup survey finds 54 percent of Americans think political leaders should compromise.

Just 18 percent of respondents think it’s more important for political leaders to stick to their beliefs, even if it means they can’t get things done.

{mosads}Forty-four percent of Republicans think leaders in Washington should compromise to get things done, and 62 percent of Democrats favor compromise.

Just 12 percent of Democrats think it’s more important that leaders in Washington stick to their beliefs. Nearly twice as many Republicans, 23 percent, think it is more important for leaders to stick to their beliefs than to compromise to get things done.

The poll was conducted from Sept. 6 to 10 among 1,022 adults. The margin of error is 4 percentage points.

President Trump has been considering making deals with Democrats as he has struggled to earn legislative wins.

He brokered a deal with Democratic leaders in Congress on a short-term measure to keep the government open and raise the debt ceiling last month.

Since then, he’s talked about doing deals on health care and immigration with Democrats.

But on Sunday, the White House unveiled principles on border security that could make it tougher to reach an agreement with Democrats, who back legislation that would save certain young immigrants who entered the country illegally from being deported.