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The article focuses on ways to enable acceptance of comprise among rank-and-file voters. It explores two alternative approaches that can enable public support for compromise such as bipartisan legislation based on gains from trade and preference of ideologues to prevent harmful impacts of compromise. Surveys from rank-and-file partisans on hypothetical compromise reveals reluctance to compromise in terms of conservative perspectives; thus, influence the less favor of rank-and-file Republicans to compromise than Democrats. It also says that the best strategy to enable compromise between Democrat and Republicans is to avoid negotiated results, showing one or more party being at loss.