Politicians seem to prefer finding reasons to create deadlock disagreements over enabling the smooth operation of the government.
Politicians seem to prefer finding reasons to create deadlock disagreements to enabling the smooth operation of the government.
Politicians seem to prefer finding reasons to create deadlock disagreements over enabling the smooth operation of the government.
Politicians seem to prefer finding reasons to create deadlock disagreements to enabling the smooth operation of the government.
In showing a preference involving two items, the verb "prefer" idiomatically takes the preposition "to." The idiom is "to prefer P to Q."