New polling indicates that President Donald Trump does not have a winning option to get out of this partial government shutdown, and his position is deteriorating. Let’s start with the most important fact when it comes to gaming out the shutdown: the President is becoming more unpopular. His net approval […] Read more »
How will Trump wishcast the latest polling data?
… Traditionally, in shutdown politics, the party with the eroding poll numbers is the one to make the greater concessions. So, that’s that. The White House will be caving any day now, right? Alas, the hard-working staff here at Spoiler Alerts is now convinced that the answer is no. … […] Read more »
No wonder there’s a shutdown: New poll shows how much Republicans and Democrats really disagree on immigration
This past weekend, the partial shutdown affecting a quarter of the federal government became the longest on record. … Why is there such difficulty finding a path forward? The roots of the shutdown can be traced to the fraught issue of immigration. A new GW Politics Poll shows just how […] Read more »
Trump’s shutdown strategy continues to show all the signs of failure
… In poll after poll, the message on the shutdown is the same. Most Americans, a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Sunday shows, blame Trump and his party for the shutdown. … Perhaps more important, Trump’s rhetoric on the issue doesn’t appear to have changed many minds, if any. A […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Trump bears most blame for shutdown
Amid the longest government shutdown in US history, a majority say Donald Trump bears more responsibility for it than the Democrats in Congress, and the President’s disapproval rating has climbed five points since last month, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. Negotiations between the President and congressional […] Read more »
Americans blame Trump and GOP much more than Democrats for shutdown, Post-ABC poll finds
By a wide margin, more Americans blame President Trump and Republicans in Congress than congressional Democrats for the now record-breaking government shutdown, and most reject the president’s assertion that there is an illegal-immigration crisis on the southern border, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. Support for building a wall […] Read more »