A new poll found that more Americans blame President Donald Trump and Republicans for the federal government shutdown than Democrats.

The CBS News/YouGov poll, conducted between Oct. 1 and Oct. 3 among 2,441 adults, found that 39% of respondents believe Trump and congressional Republicans deserve the most blame for the shutdown. Thirty percent of respondents blame Democrats more, and 31% blame both equally.

The poll also found that 52% of respondents disapprove of the way Trump is handling the shutdown. Fifty-two percent also disapprove of the way congressional Republicans are handling it.

Meanwhile, 49% percent of respondents disapprove of the way Democrats in Congress are handling the shutdown.

The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.

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  • thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish
    291·
    5 days ago

    Also:

    Forty percent of respondents believe congressional Democrats’ position is not worth having a shutdown over, while 28% believe it’s worth it, according to the poll. And 45% of respondents believe congressional Republicans’ position is not worth having a shutdown over, while 23% believe it’s worth it.

    So nobody polled really wants this nor do they think it’s worth it. Cool.