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February 28, 2011
Rasmussen: 58% Favor Government Shutdown Until Spending Cuts Are Agreed Upon
Topics: Political News and commentariesRasmussen's latest national telephone survey shows that as Republicans and Democrats in Congress haggle over the budget, most voters would rather have a partial shutdown of the federal government than keep its spending at current levels, with just 33% of Likely U.S. Voters preferring to have Congress avoid a government shutdown by authorizing spending at the same levels as last year. Fifty-eight percent (58%) says it's better to have a partial shutdown until Democrats and Republicans can agree on what spending to cut:
The partisan differences are striking. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Democrats prefer avoiding a shutdown by going with current spending levels. But 80% of Republicans -- and 59% of voters not affiliated with either major party -- think a shutdown is a better option until the two sides can agree on spending cuts.In a new poll conducted by The Hill newspaper, the public would blame Democrats more than Republicans should a government shutdown occur. Given that a majority of Americans favor a government shutdown until spending cuts are agreed to and should a shutdown occur the public would blame Democrats more than Republicans, one couls say that it seems a a win-win for the GOP to hang tough on demanding spending cuts.
Posted by Richard at February 28, 2011 11:28 AM
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