What do most Americans feel about compromise. When asked the question, “Which is more important for the leaders in Washington to stick to their beliefs, principles or compromise. 54% favored compromise, 28% answered beliefs or principles with no compromise and 18% were neutral or didn’t care.
This is what most Americans want, compromise but not the hardcore ideologues of both major parties. Who’s in charge of the parties, their hardcore ideologues. Abortion, 60% of all Americans think it should be legal during the first trimester but banned after that except for the life of the mother is in danger. At least that’s what 538 polling showed.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/where-americans-stand-on-abortion-in-5-charts/There’s your compromise, I could live with that. You know that those who think abortion should be illegal always and those who believe abortion should be allowed past the first trimester wouldn’t. Together they make up 40% of Americans.
So, rick, would you let 40% dictate to the 60% who would approve of this compromise and deny, prevent the compromise from happening? Think of the numbers 60% first trimester in favor of abortion, keeping it legal. But 72% of all Americans think abortion should be banned after the first trimester except for the life of the mother. I’m positive that the 13% who think all abortions should be illegal, no exceptions would join forces with the 28% who think abortion should be legal after the first trimester to prevent this compromise from happening. If a compromise did occur, it would take the abortion issue off the table as a hot button issue to be used by both parties to fire up their base. Hence it will never happen. There are problems this nation has that are way too valuable to be used as a campaign tool to fire up one’s base than to be solved. Hence no compromise.
