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Bullshit.
Republicans want to "compromise" by getting everything they want.
Moderates politicians want "compromise" by giving them half and telling progressives to be happy Republicans only get half.
So most politicians say they want compromise, but I'd have to see a source for "almost everyone" saying it. Most voters don't want compromise.
I mean, if you look at the responses in this thread, most folks have put their compromise as getting everything they want on the Dem side of things...
Though, you're not entirely wrong on the compromise thing. It's one of those things people say they want until they realize that means giving up on what they want. You might enjoy this old 538 article about it, which has this painful pair of paragraphs on the subject:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-much-do-americans-really-care-about-bipartisanship/