They should….
Donald Trump TOLD THEM too….
He also told them to ‘Enjoy the Ride’….
They aren’t…..
Look at the polling data, and you can see why Trump (or his advisers) thought a high-profile move like a national address was needed. We’re currently on Day 19 of the shutdown, but Trump’s efforts to pin the blame on Democrats aren’t working, according to three pollsters who have conducted at least two polls in the two and a half weeks since the government first closed. Rather, polls show that Americans are increasingly blaming Trump.1
Polls conducted in the first few days of the shutdown showed that between 43 percent and 47 percent of Americans blamed Trump most for the shutdown, while about a third blamed congressional Democrats. Polling data had been pretty scarce thereafter, but this week a handful of new polls gave us an updated view of who Americans think is responsible. (We’re looking only at data from pollsters who have conducted two surveys since the shutdown started — one just after it began and one after the new year. This makes for nice apples-to-apples comparisons.)
More Americans blame Trump for the government shutdown
Percentage of respondents who most blame President Trump for the partial government shutdown
| FIRST POLL | MOST RECENT POLL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLLSTER | END DATE | BLAME TRUMP | END DATE | BLAME TRUMP | CHANGE |
| YouGov | Dec. 25 | 46% | Jan. 8 | 50% | +4 |
| Reuters/Ipsos | Dec. 25 | 47 | Jan. 7 | 51 | +4 |
| Morning Consult | Dec. 23 | 43 | Jan. 6 | 47 | +4 |
The two YouGov polls found a 4-point increase in those blaming Trump. There was a 4-point increase among registered voters who most blamed Trump in the two Morning Consult polls. And surveys from Reuters/Ipsosalso found a 4-point increase….
A new Public Policy Polling survey finds that voters disagree with President Trump’s demand for border wall funding by double-digit margins in seven key Senate swing states.
In Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Maine and North Carolina, voters disagree with Trump by double-digit margins that “government should be kept closed until he gets funding for the wall.”
“Voters also oppose spending billions to construct a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border in all seven states, though those numbers are a bit closer. And voters in all seven states say by double-digit margins that their Republican senator’s support of Trump on this issue is making them less, not more, likely to vote for their reelection.”….
Trump’s approval numbers are slipping DAILY even in the Rasmussen polls , which ALWAYS are kinder to him then others….
he is NOT convincing Americans that HIS hold out for a wall is the fault of anyone but HIMSELF….
The question is?
How far will his numbers fall?
How long with Republicans have his back thru this?
How long will this go on?
With Trump’s numbers dropping…
Democrats have to reason to relent on their promise to NOT give him wall money…
For those who blame the Democrats?
You don’t remember a little more than a year ago when the Republicans in the House didn’t give a damn about cries from Democrats on the tax cut/givaway bill….
Who goes around?….Comes around, eh?