Americans Say New Congress Unlikely to Bring Bipartisan Cooperation How much will Republican leaders cooperate with Obama in the
Few Americans are expecting much cooperation between parties despite talk that Obama and the Republicans might be able to find common ground on some issues in his last two years in office. Just 18% of Democrats believed that Republican leaders would cooperate a great deal or fair amount with the White House and 37% of Republicans shared that view.
A majority of Americans in the December poll believed the next two years promises to bring more of the same political polarization that provided the backdrop for past battles in Congress, and between the Congress and the White House.
Americans Say New Congress Unlikely to Bring  | Bipartisan Cooperation  | How much will Republican leaders cooperate with Obama in the  | next two years?  | Great deal/fair amount  | Not much/not atall  | Total  | 28%  | 70%  | Democrats  | 18  | 80  | Republicans  | 38  | 62  | Independents  | 30  | 69  | Survey conducted Dec 3-7 2014 "Don't know responses not shown.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 