Poll: The shutdown is becoming the president’s shutdown

As the partial government shutdown enters the new year, the latest Economist/YouGov Poll suggests that blame is increasingly being placed on the President, and not on Congressional Democrats. A majority want President Trump to accept a compromise – or just to give in. Far fewer believe Democrats should accept the President’s demand for $5 billion for border security, including the President’s promised border wall, than say he should be the one to give in.

A majority of Republicans say that Democrats should accept the President’s demands. While only 8% of those in his party say the reverse — that President Trump should give in to the Democrats — nearly a third would accept a compromise somewhere in between the President’s $5 billion request and the Democrats’ previous offer of $1.6 billion. Less than a quarter of independents are clearly on the President’s side.

The opinions of those who support building a border wall are much like those of Republicans. 53% want Democrats to accept the President’s point of view, but more than a third prefer some sort of compromise.