64% Of Voters Want Congress To Compromise On Spending To Avoid Govt Shutdown

A new survey from Monmouth University Polling has found that, “Americans want Congress to compromise on the federal budget in order to avoid a government shutdown.”

• Monmouth: “If the federal government does shut down, 43% of the American public will hold the Republicans in Congress most responsible while a slightly higher number will place the blame on the opposite party – either President Biden (27%) or congressional Democrats (21%).”
• Monmouth: “Nearly two-thirds of the public (64%) wants members of Congress who best represent their own views on spending priorities to compromise on those principles in order to avoid a shutdown.”
• Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute, said: “The vast majority of Americans want to avoid a shutdown. The faction who does not want any compromise may represent a small proportion of the public, but they hold outsized influence in the U.S. Capitol.”
• For more analysis on the potential government shutdown see today's edition of our US Daily Brief.

Figure 1: How Like-Minded Members of Congress Should Handle Budget

Source: Monmouth University Polling