Democrats above all want to appear impartial & solomonic in their thinking, and time & again miss that the fabled trick of "wise" rulership is *not* to literally cut the baby in half!
This could apply to alot of things, but when people say "we want x" and politicians say "how about 50% of x, which won't really achieve anything, but it is half of what you asked!!!" it is not actually on those voters to clap