The CBS News/YouGov poll, conducted between Oct. 1 and Oct. 3 among 2,441 adults, found that 39% of respondents believe Trump and congressional Republicans deserve the most blame for the shutdown. Thirty percent of respondents blame Democrats more, and 31% blame both equally.

The poll also found that 52% of respondents disapprove of the way Trump is handling the shutdown. Fifty-two percent also disapprove of the way congressional Republicans are handling it.

Meanwhile, 49% percent of respondents disapprove of the way Democrats in Congress are handling the shutdown.

The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.

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    5 days ago

    OK. Sure. But then again polls are nice as a reference or as a fun fact. But having this many articles about them seems like spam. It like those “new study finds” headlines. They have no value and no information. I generally don’t see the point, but this uptick is starting to become annoying