Which of the following comes closer to your views: Because the election was close, Democrats in Congress should not compromise with Bush on major issues, even if the result is nothing gets done on some of these issues OR because Bush won the election, Democrats in Congress should find ways to compromise with him on major issues, even if the Democrats have to agree to things they find objectionable.
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  EastMidwestSouthWestAll
Democrats SHOULD NOT compromise 34% 28% 26% 28% 28%
Democrats SHOULD find ways to compromise 65% 70% 71% 70% 69%
DK/No opinion 1% 2% 3% 3% 2%

Source: A Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted by telephone January 12 - 16, 2005 among 1,007 randomly selected adults nationwide. Margin of sampling error for overall results is plus or minus three percentage points. Fieldwork by TNS of Horsham, PA.
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