Poll: Voters blame Trump, GOP for shutdown
Source: Politico
President Donald Trump faces a tall task in his Oval Office address on Tuesday night: convincing voters outside of his political base that there is an urgent crisis at the nations southern border, that a wall along the border is necessary to solve it, and its worth a government shutdown that has stretched for nearly three weeks.
A new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, conducted as the partial government shutdown reached its third week, reveals the scope of Trumps challenge. A minority of voters agree with Trumps description of a crisis of illegal immigration at the southern border. Theres only tepid support for the wall he wants to build there. Voters are opposed to shutting down the government to extract the funds for the walls construction and more blame Trump and the GOP for the shutdown than Democrats.
Nearly half of voters, 47 percent, say Trump is mostly to blame for the shutdown, the poll shows, while another 5 percent point the finger at congressional Republicans. But just a third, 33 percent, blame Democrats in Congress.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/08/poll-voters-blame-trump-gop-for-shutdown-1088207
This is the second recent poll that casts the blame on Trump.
D_Master81
(1,822 posts)funny how when you say that you catch the blame.
dubyadiprecession
(5,722 posts)They also see that Trump is a lying, flip flopping, moron.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)He will never lose them. But he will not win again with that level of support.
Cha
(297,692 posts)The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)He'll keep that 33% no matter what he does
EricMaundry
(1,619 posts)I like polls. Especially those with results I agree with.
UpInArms
(51,284 posts)The poll shows another 5% point the finger at congressional Republicans. Just a third, 33%, blame Democrats in Congress. The shutdown is on its 19th day as Trump and Democrats continue to wrangle over the presidents proposed border wall. The poll was taken Jan. 4-6, two weeks after the beginning of the partial shutdown.
I hope they all wear this like a lead weight...