Who's to blame for the shutdown? All of the above, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

October 2025 202 views 3min38sec

Concerns are higher among Democrats than among Republicans. And the real worry is that federal services that they rely on, you know, could be interrupted, could be delayed, could be slowed over time. It's important to be clear that a large part of the federal government does continue to operate during shutdowns. // It's also important to put this in the context of the year that we're in, right? Trump came into office vowing an aggressive reduction in the size of the federal workforce, which he carried out through the first months of the year. So, there's already been cuts to programs, cuts to services that look to be amplified during this shutdown.” The poll found that Republican support for worker cuts has ebbed since earlier in the year when Trump and billionaire Elon Musk worked together to slash the size of the federal government. “In April, we polled on this question, and three-quarters of Republicans were supportive of the idea of large-scale cuts to the government. We re-asked the question this week and found that that was down to three-fifths of Republicans. So, from about 75% to about 60%.”

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