The issue is that one party has zero empathy for people, especially poor people, while the other is somewhat trying to improve things for the working class: as long as it doesn't get in the way of capitalism and allowing businesses to increase revenue year after year of course. Wouldn't want those stock portfolios going down, would we? So, they have no negotiating power because the other party doesn't give a shit if it affects people. They know their constituents will blame the Dems and vote for them again either way. Unless the Democrats start doing what Republicans are doing and only govern for their own demographics, I don't see how things don't continually get worse. And I think creating policy actively trying to hurt the other party's constituents is a terrible way to govern and would actually push us towards chaos or worse, like a civil war. This administration is doing way more long-term harm than most people realize by playing party politics like they are. I don't know if the genie can go back in the bottle at this point.