{"id":15283,"date":"2013-10-02T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T05:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/most-americans-say-the-political-parties-have-grown-so-far-apart-that-they-cant-agree-on-solutions\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:29:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:29:07","slug":"most-americans-say-the-political-parties-have-grown-so-far-apart-that-they-cant-agree-on-solutions","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/10\/02\/most-americans-say-the-political-parties-have-grown-so-far-apart-that-they-cant-agree-on-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"About half of Americans say the political parties have grown so far apart that they can\u2019t agree on solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Republicans and Democrats traded blame for the impasse that led to this week\u2019s government shutdown, President Obama said during a Rose Garden appearance Tuesday that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/02\/us\/politics\/shutdown-debate-congress.html?hp&amp;_r=0\">he would not give in<\/a> to demands by \u201cone faction, of one party, of one house of Congress in one branch of government.\u201d He was referring to the conservative GOP faction that won\u2019t accept a budget deal without rollbacks of the health care law. <!--more--><\/p>\n\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2013\/09\/30\/anger-at-government-most-pronounced-among-conservative-republicans\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/10\/DN_Gridlock_Gap.png\" width=\"422\" height=\"293\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The public is of two minds about the root causes of the gridlock in Congress. A <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2013\/09\/30\/anger-at-government-most-pronounced-among-conservative-republicans\/#gridlock-reasons\">Pew Research Center survey<\/a> conducted last week found that 48% of Americans believe Congress is unable to get things done because the parties have grown so far apart, they can\u2019t agree on solutions. But 36% say the problem is that \u201ca few members of Congress who refuse to compromise keep things from getting done.\u201d Another 16% expressed no opinion.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans (52% vs. 25%) to blame congressional gridlock on a few members holding things up. Republicans were more likely than Democrats (62% vs. 34%) to say this gridlock was the result of the growing distance between the parties more generally.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The survey found the public almost evenly split on the question of whether the growing political divisions in Washington reflected a divided society or were mostly partisan differences among elected officials. 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