Fully 72 percent of Americans disapprove of shutting down the federal government over differences on the Affordable Care Act; just 25 percent approve of this action. Republicans are divided: 48 percent approve, while 49 percent disapprove. 49% of Republicans disapprove of shutting down the federal government over the Affordable Care Act. 57% of Tea Party approve of government shutdown. Most tea party supporters approve of the government shutdown - 57 percent of them do. Disapproval of the shutdown is high among Democrats and independents. This CBS News poll was conducted after the partial government shutdown began on October 1.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 17:13:20 +0000