The U.S. government is partially shut down because elected representatives and the elected president can’t agree on legislation to fund government operations. This comes at a time when the people of the United States have in all but two of the past 13 months named dysfunctional government as the top problem facing the nation. This month, 29% of Americans say government is the most important problem, tied for the highest since the last government shutdown in 2013.
At the same time, in all but one of the past 13 months, Americans have named immigration as either the second most important problem facing the nation or, when government was not on top, the most important problem. CONT.
Frank Newport, Gallup