More than a week into the partial government shutdown, Americans continue to generally disapprove of how it’s been handled by everyone involved, a new HuffPost/YouGov survey finds. Just 18 percent of Americans polled say they approve of how Congress has handled the shutdown, with 60 percent disapproving. Also in the negative are congressional Republicans (25 percent approve of how they’ve handled it, 58 percent disapprove); congressional Democrats (33 percent approve, 51 percent disapprove); President Donald Trump (38 percent approve, 49 percent disapprove); and respondents’ own congressional representatives (33 percent approve, 41 percent disapprove). Another metric also shows little change: Sixty-two percent of Americans now say the partial shutdown is at least somewhat serious, and one-third that it’s a very serious problem. At the beginning of the shutdown, 61 percent considered it at least somewhat serious, and 29 percent said it was very serious.

Source: Huffington Post January 03, 2019 00:56 UTC