Questions - Government Shutdown - October 15-16 and 19, 2025

National Survey of 1,220 U.S. Likely Voters
Conducted October 15-16 and 19, 2025

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How closely have you followed recent news reports about the federal government shutdown?

2* How important is it to bring the federal government shutdown to an end soon?

3* Democrats in the Senate have voted to maintain a filibuster to continue the government shutdown until their demands are met. Do you approve or disapprove of continuing the government shutdown?

4* Based on what you know about negotiations to end the government shutdown, should Republicans in the Senate agree to all the demands made by Democrats, some of the demands made by Democrats, or none of the demands made by Democrats?

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