Forty-three percent of those polled said they would blame the president and the GOP, while 24 percent would hold congressional Democrats responsible; 30 percent said they’d regard both sides equally at fault.
Americans would blame Donald Trump and the Republican Party rather than congressional Democrats for the looming U. S government shutdown, according to a new USA Today /Suffolk University poll.
Forty-three percent of those surveyed said they would blame the president and the GOP for the shutdown, while 24 percent would hold congressional Democrats responsible; 30 percent said they’d regard both sides as equally at fault.
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An overwhelming majority—54 percent to 29 percent—said they opposed the shutdown that Trump had threatened unless Congress provided $5 billion funding for his wall along the U. S.-Mexico border.
The poll found a sharp partisan divide, with 83 percent of Democrats opposed to a shutdown, whereas two-thirds of Republicans supported it.
The nationwide survey of 1,000 voters was taken by landline and cellphone last week.
