Poll: Americans are losing patience with the shutdown

Before Tuesday’s speech, 41% of Republicans blamed the President “not at all” for the shutdown. In a YouGov Poll conducted after the speech (but before the President’s trip to the Southern border), that percentage rose 12 points. Still, there was little change overall.

The two televised addresses were speeches heard by the choir. Republicans were more likely than Democrats to watch the President’s entire speech. Most of those who watched the President’s entire speech approved of it. Democrats were more likely than Republicans to watch the Democratic response, and a majority of those who watched all of that response approved of it.