The shutdown of the US federal government has not affected the job approval ratings of President Donald Trump and Congress, a new Gallup poll revealed on Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 15th January, 2019) The shutdown of the US Federal government has not affected the job approval ratings of President Donald Trump and Congress, a new Gallup poll revealed on Tuesday.The poll, conducted January 2-10, came nearly two weeks after the federal government shutdown began on December 22 and after Trump and congressional Democrats failed to pass a continuing budget resolution.
According to the poll results, 88 percent of Republicans approve of the job Trump is doing, showing no meaningful change from the 89 percent approval rating before the shutdown began. Democrats' approval of Trump remains at 6 percent.
Gallup explained that Congress' job approval rating may not have changed because the pre-shutdown and post-shutdown measures are conflated with the change in party control of the House of Representatives from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party on January 3rd.
As a result, the partisan basis for evaluating Congress has changed. Democrats' approval rating has increased from 9 percent in December to 22 percent today, while Republicans' and independents' ratings are both down slightly, Gallup said.
