Americans voted overwhelmingly for Democrats in the congressional races -- with about 9 million more votes for Democrats than Republicans (53.2% for Democrats to 45.1% for Republicans). Knowing that a Republican will be in the White House until the next election, it is clear that the voters opted for a divided government.
Why? Part of it is that they just didn't like Trump or his agenda. Another part is the abject failure of congressional Republicans to rein in the worst of Trump's actions and rhetoric.
But the voters didn't elect the Democrats to encourage cooperation between Trump and Congress. They would like to see some compromise for the good of the country, but they don't expect it. Only 33% say Trump will cooperate with Democrats, and only 28% say Democrats will cooperate with Trump. Americans expect two years of gridlock, and evidently finds that preferable to allowing Trump to have free rein for two more years.
Things were much different back in 2006, when George W. Bush faced an influx of Democrats in Congress. Things were not quite so rabidly partisan then. About 52% said Bush would cooperate with Democrats and 48% said Democrats would cooperate with Bush.
The charts above reflect the results of a recent Gallup Poll -- done between November 13th and 18th of a national sample of 1,499 adults, with a 3 point margin of error.
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From the Cook Report:
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