You Gov Survey 1st Wk.Oct.“Wh0 is the biggest obstacle to ending Shutdown?""

by William Jordan in Front Page and Politics at today.yougov.com

 

Since the beginning of the shutdown YouGov has been asking 1000 Americans a day who they think is the biggest obstacle to bringing it to an end. Here are the latest results: 

In the days immediately following the beginning of the federal government shutdown, public opinion on who is responsible for its continuation remains almost evenly split between Congressional Republicans (44%) and Democrats (42%).

However, while the share blame on President Barack Obama or Congressional Democrats has hardly moved, from 43% on October 2-3 to 42% on October 4-5, blame on Congressional Republicans appears to have increased marginally, from 38% to 44% over the same period.

Meanwhile, the number of Americans who have been affected by the shutdown – which has resulted in the closure of national parks and monuments, the furlough of around 800,000 federal employee, and other disruptions – has been increasing very slightly from 14% to 18%.