November 9, 2006 2:23PM 

# Voters ♥ Gridlock 

By [Stephen Slivinski](https://www.cato.org/people/stephen-slivinski) 

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An interesting [poll](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/DividedGovernment.htm) from Rasmussen Reports: A majority of voters (52%) like divided government. Only thirty percent think single-party control is preferable.

Apparently partisan affiliation had something to do with the result. Perhaps not surprisingly, Democrats favored divided government by sixty percent. However, it’s worth noting that not even half (47%) of Republican respondents favored one-party control.

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