Posted on 11/24/2025 11:42:03 AM PST by SmokingJoe
Only eight percent of Americans believe Democrats “won” the government shutdown battle, a weekly survey from the Economist/YouGov found.
The survey asked respondents, “In your opinion, who won the shutdown battle?”
Across the board, a plurality, 39 percent, said “neither” side won the shutdown battle, followed by 35 percent who said Republicans. Only eight percent deemed Democrats the victors.
Even Democrats themselves are aware that their side lost. Only 14 percent of Democrats surveyed said Democrats won the shutdown battle, as 25 percent said Republicans and 45 percent said neither side. A slight majority, 52 percent, of Republicans said their side won the shutdown battle, although 26 percent still say neither won. Forty-six percent of independents said neither side had won, followed by 28 percent who said Republicans and just four percent who said Democrats.
The survey was taken November 15-17, 2025, among 1,549 U.S. citizens and has a +/- 3.5 percent margin of error.
The shutdown, which ended up being the longest in U.S. history, came to a screeching halt last week after the passage of a clean continuing resolution (CR) and a signature from President Donald Trump.
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Republicans really need to make a show over this. Democrats failed.
Should show boat the success of the bills they have passed also.
I think it would also be really good for Republicans in congress to claim victory here. This is a great time for them to point out they have “gotten things” done.
We need to keep an eye on that 8% because those people are f’n crazy.
It was the Schumer/Wyden/Merkley shut down. Those last two creeps were behind him.
the winners were the government workers who got a month of PAID time off
Donno, I think that croud makes themselves known an awful lot so that you can’t help but pay attention to their ramblings.
I don’t buy this.
Polling according to Rassmussenfor the trump was about negative 14 during the shutdown. once it was resolved trump’s polling snapped back immediately improving to about -7 or so.
The democrats created the chaos and then blamed the republicans for the chaos. Who did that sway? Independents. They did a massive swing back to the democrats from their support for trump in 2024.
“Only eight percent of Americans believe Democrats “won” the government shutdown battle, a weekly survey from the Economist/YouGov found.”
Those are facts. The Economist is anti Trump. They never fake polls for Trump.
Its not what democrats believe. Its about what the independents did. different animals
Its not what democrats believe. Its about what the independents did. different animals
Its what all voters taken together believe, including Democrats.
Get it?
92% of Democrats and their supporters should be in prison, or, floating on rafts with military escort to Venezuela.
They did win just look at the November election results
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Wow, it’s very rare to see any opinion number that low.
“We need to keep an eye on that 8% because those people are f’n crazy.”
Nah, they are the ones that know better but will still stick to the “everything is perfect” stance because truth is secondary to control. They must feel dumb seeing these numbers though.
Won in deep blue states and a deep blue city that Trump lost in last year?
What’s new about that?
It doesn’t matter who thinks won. It matters how people react.
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