Liars. Quinnipiac is notoriously Leftist.
Maybe so, but the exact same thing happened to Gingrich in the 95' government shutdown. The public blamed Republicans and Clinton won. Why would anyone assume the same thing won't happen this time around? The media will blame the GOP and once any programs lose funding the public will howl in outrage and demand the money restored.
The American public is absolutely wedded to the social welfare state. Don't assume they are ready to actually cut anything other than maybe foreign aid and perhaps prisons.
Things are probably going to have to get much worse before American's addiction to socialism is broken.