A new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll shows a majority of Americans blame Democrats for the government shutdown and want them to end it immediately.
- 70% of Americans oppose the Democrats’ shutdown.
- 65% say Democrats should accept Republicans’ clean funding bill.
- 55% believe Democrats are “just trying to please their base.”
Even the New York Times polling shows 65% of Americans think Democrats should not have forced a shutdown.
(Source: Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll – October 2025 | New York Times Poll)
Americans see through the political games; they know President Trump and Republicans are the ones working for them. I suspect that there will be quite a few members of congress unable to play golf after this shutdown is finished as all the finger pointing going is bound to sprain a few hands in the process.
Kidding aside (sort of ), Enough of this silliness. The CR is a clean bill. No one individual in Congress has any reason to feel compelled to stuff it full of pork. Historians are going to look back at this period of time and shake their collective heads at the silliness going on.