It’s not possible to separate. Most everyone has a political opinion. Only those loyal to a party are going to be in a position to make decisions. Expecting

It’s not possible to separate. Most everyone has a political opinion. Only those loyal to a party are going to be in a position to make decisions. Expecting those people to be neutral is absurd. Best you can hope for is appearance of neutrality. Remaining options is for one side to try and be perfectly neutral usually the weaker side. The other side will definitely take advantage of this. Or both sides will try and get as much as they can without it being too blatant. In a tug of war game. It’s all of nothing.