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Chichiri

(4,667 posts)
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 05:27 PM Jan 2019

A growing number of Americans blame Trump for shutdown: Reuters-Ipsos poll

Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A growing proportion of Americans blame President Donald Trump for a partial government shutdown that will cut off paychecks to federal workers this week, though Republicans mostly support his refusal to approve a budget without taxpayer dollars for the U.S.-Mexico border wall, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.

The national opinion poll, which ran from Jan. 1 to Jan. 7, found that 51 percent of adults believe Trump “deserves most of the blame” for the shutdown, which entered its 18th day on Tuesday. That is up 4 percentage points from a similar poll that ran from Dec. 21 to 25.

Another 32 percent blame congressional Democrats for the shutdown and 7 percent blame congressional Republicans, according to the poll. Those percentages are mostly unchanged from the previous poll.

(snip)

It also found that only 35 percent of adults in the United States support a congressional spending bill that includes funding for the wall, and 25 percent support Trump’s decision to keep the government closed until Congress approves funding for the wall.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown-poll/a-growing-number-of-americans-blame-trump-for-shutdown-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN1P223U

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A growing number of Americans blame Trump for shutdown: Reuters-Ipsos poll (Original Post) Chichiri Jan 2019 OP
Sure do. Look at his approval/disapproval since it started. bearsfootball516 Jan 2019 #1
Lower approval than every president since the dawn of polling. lagomorph777 Jan 2019 #4
I blame the Supreme Court. Joe Nation Jan 2019 #2
Excellent point. Yeehah Jan 2019 #13
So 39% believe the little guy who said "I own the shutdown!" LanternWaste Jan 2019 #3
Well... yeah!! ailsagirl Jan 2019 #5
Its almost like you want to say yuiyoshida Jan 2019 #10
Makes me wonder DownriverDem Jan 2019 #6
See.... 35% + 25% equals 80%. Overwhelming support for the wall!!! Chakaconcarne Jan 2019 #7
The real question is, are democrats likeable. ffr Jan 2019 #8
"7 percent blame congressional Republicans" BumRushDaShow Jan 2019 #9
Oh, boy... llmart Jan 2019 #11
Such bullshit. SpankMe Jan 2019 #12
Remind any trumpists you encounter rpannier Jan 2019 #16
Alternative headline: caballojm Jan 2019 #14
It is trump w/o question rpannier Jan 2019 #15
Um, duh! warmfeet Jan 2019 #17
Good Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 #18

Joe Nation

(963 posts)
2. I blame the Supreme Court.
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 05:37 PM
Jan 2019

Without the unrestricted money pouring into politics, we never would have elected this tangerine scrotum sack in the first place.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
3. So 39% believe the little guy who said "I own the shutdown!"
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 05:41 PM
Jan 2019

isn't actually responsible for the shutdown.

In the seventies, they bought Pet Rocks. In the 21st century, they vote. Dammit.

yuiyoshida

(41,835 posts)
10. Its almost like you want to say
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 06:14 PM
Jan 2019

"well, duh!" ..

Trump really is an idiot, or as I like to call him, "baka yaro" バカ野郎。

DownriverDem

(6,231 posts)
6. Makes me wonder
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 05:56 PM
Jan 2019

when are we going to get rid of trump? Him having the nuclear codes scares the hell out of me.

ffr

(22,671 posts)
8. The real question is, are democrats likeable.
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 06:01 PM
Jan 2019

Looks like no matter what, 26 - 33% of voters (conservatives) don't like democrats even when presented with overwhelming evidence and admission of "shutdown ownership" by turd-bird tRump. No matter what, they're politically motivated to choose wrong over right.

EFF them!

BumRushDaShow

(129,339 posts)
9. "7 percent blame congressional Republicans"
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 06:04 PM
Jan 2019

Their Republican leader in the Senate is the one BLOCKING any legislation to open the government and that amounts to extortion.

llmart

(15,550 posts)
11. Oh, boy...
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 06:16 PM
Jan 2019

he's going to have to spread some real bullshit tonight knowing these numbers.

I think most people will tune him out. I think other than his "base" which is dwindling each day, the rest of us have Trump fatigue.

SpankMe

(2,963 posts)
12. Such bullshit.
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 06:29 PM
Jan 2019

All Americans - not most Americans - should blame Trump for the shutdown because - HE EXPLICITLY SAID IT WAS HIS SHUTDOWN!

Sheesh!

rpannier

(24,333 posts)
16. Remind any trumpists you encounter
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 07:58 PM
Jan 2019

Congress, the Republican dominated Congress in December, passed a budget to keep the government open and trump vetoed it.
There is only one person to blame

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
17. Um, duh!
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 08:34 PM
Jan 2019

He admitted that he shut it down and said he would take full responsibility - just before he blamed the Democrats, that is.

Then he said he would make it last months, or even years.

He is entirely to blame for the shutdown.

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