CBS News poll finds GOP, Trump seen as getting more from shutdown deal

There's immoderate alleviation that the government shutdown is over, but Democrats are much apt to accidental they're frustrated astir the woody that ended it, and that their enactment compromised excessively much. 

By a wide margin, Americans accidental it was Republicans and President Trump who succeeded successful getting much of what they wanted from the negotiations to extremity the shutdown.

This survey recontacted Americans archetypal interviewed successful our early-November poll, while the shutdown was successful effect.

Today, astir Democrats deliberation their ain party's legislature Democrats compromised excessively much. Most Republicans accidental their delegation's attack to compromise was astir right.

And possibly arsenic a result, rank-and-file Democrats thin to hold that Trump and legislature Republicans got much of what they wanted, much truthful than their ain party.

Among the wider public, much deliberation the legislature Republicans didn't compromise capable than they deliberation this of legislature Democrats.

During the shutdown, astir disapproved of however each the players were handling things astatine that time. 

That negativity remains erstwhile Americans are asked now, successful retrospect, however each handled it.

But disapproval for legislature Democrats, erstwhile asked however they handled it, is present a spot higher than for legislature Republicans and Donald Trump. 

That's driven successful portion by views among their ain party, arsenic good arsenic immoderate independents, much of whom had said they approved of Democrats' handling 2 weeks ago.

There's a batch of negativity successful sentiments expressed astir the woody among Democrats — apical picks are frustrated, dissatisfied and besides pessimistic, successful beforehand of adjacent relieved.

Republicans, for their part, are much apt to accidental they're relieved and satisfied.

Most rank-and-file Democrats did deliberation the party's positions were worthy a shutdown, which whitethorn assistance explicate the vexation they feel.

So what now? The shutdown did look to person the effect of highlighting wellness attraction issues: Most accidental that was astatine slightest included among the issues debated. Today, two-thirds deliberation that wellness security premiums volition summation successful the coming months, present that the shutdown has ended. As authorities employees and aerial postulation controllers statesman to get paid, radical bash deliberation aerial question volition amended successful the coming weeks.

This CBS News/YouGov survey is based connected a nationally typical illustration of 1,288 U.S. adults who were recontacted November 13-14, 2024, aft the authorities shutdown ended, pursuing an initial survey conducted during the authorities shutdown October 29-31, 2025 utilizing a nationally typical illustration of 2,124 U.S. adults.  The borderline of mistake for the full illustration successful the recontact survey is ±3.3  points.

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