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Questions - Government Shutdown - February 7-8, 2018

Voters Prefer Government Shutdown to More Spending
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National Survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters

Conducted February 7-8, 2018
By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* Would you rather have Congress avoid a partial government shutdown by authorizing government spending at a higher level, or would you prefer a partial government shutdown until Democrats and Republicans can agree to either cut spending or keep it at its current level?

 

2* Generally speaking, do increases in government spending help the economy, hurt the economy, or have no impact on the economy?

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence