Americans blame Trump and GOP much more than Democrats for shutdown, Post-ABC poll finds

By artappraiser on Sun, 01/13/2019 - 12:10am |

Note poll is of "Americans", not registered voters and plenty of people said "both" even though that wasn't an offered choice.

Washington Post-ABC poll

• 53% blame Trump and Republicans in Congress for the shutdown

• 29% blame Democrats in Congress

• 13% blame both equallyhttps://t.co/TfUAghtD4q pic.twitter.com/swDGmjcc24
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 13, 2019

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americans-blame-trump-and-gop-much-more-than-democrats-for-shutdown-post-abc-poll-finds/2019/01/12/9c89aff2-16a9-11e9-90a8-136fa44b80ba_story.html?utm_term=.80cdd057fa4a

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Important excerpt; explains a lot:

Support for building a wall on the border, which is the principal sticking point in the stalemate between the president and Democrats, has increased over the past year. Today, 42 percent say they support a wall, up from 34 percent last January. A slight majority of Americans (54 percent) oppose the idea, down from 63 percent a year ago.

The increase in support is sharpest among Republicans, whose backing for Trump’s long-standing campaign promise jumped 16 points in the past year, from 71 percent to 87 percent. Not only has GOP support increased, it has also hardened. Today, 70 percent of Republicans say they strongly support the wall, an increase of 12 points since January 2018.

by artappraiser on Sun, 01/13/2019 - 12:16am

I'm sure the support for ripping babies out of the arms of illegal immigrants has increased greatly as well. In bonding to a common refrain(s) they achieve unity. Trump's just an uglier than usual cheerleader, but rather effective - he simplifies and codifies that hard-to-deconstruct world out there. When you seek simplicity, ask a boisterous moron.

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 01/13/2019 - 4:11am

uniquely qualified to opine on this, as he used to be a bonafide member of the club:

I rate this: TRUE. https://t.co/nRj9QHmTzS
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) January 13, 2019

by artappraiser on Sun, 01/13/2019 - 12:39pm

Oof.

Here's another poll from CNN. Even worse for Trump than Post/ABC.

55% blame Trump for shutdown; only 32% blame Ds.

Only 39% support wall; 56% oppose.

Trump approval: 37-57.https://t.co/MJZKmwhLC0

Again: https://t.co/S1HaQwEV4c
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 13, 2019

by artappraiser on Sun, 01/13/2019 - 1:49pm

"You Just Fucked It All Up, Mick."

President Trump chastised his new chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, over his handling of shutdown talks, creating an awkward scene in front of congressional leaders of both parties. @jonathanvswan scoops https://t.co/Up2Ip76uJf
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) January 13, 2019

by artappraiser on Mon, 01/14/2019 - 2:25am

Americans blame Trump and GOP much more than Democrats for shutdown, Post-ABC poll finds

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