Thursday marks the thirtieth day of the federal authorities shutdown and the American public has grown extra involved in regards to the shutdown all through the month and extra disapprove of how President Donald Trump is dealing with the federal authorities, in accordance with an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll performed utilizing Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel.
Extra People blame Trump and the Republicans in Congress than the Democrats for the shutdown, the ballot finds.
The U.S. Capitol rises above the U.S. Capitol Grounds, that are strewn with fall leaves, weeks into the persevering with U.S. authorities shutdown, in Washington, October 27, 2025.
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Three-quarters of People say they’re involved in regards to the authorities shutdown, up from two-thirds who mentioned the identical on the primary day of the shutdown in a Washington Post poll. Now, 43% of People say that they’re “very” involved in regards to the shutdown, up from 25% on Oct. 1.
Almost half of People, 45%, say Trump and congressional Republicans are accountable for the shutdown, whereas 33% say congressional Democrats are accountable and one other 22% are usually not positive. That’s barely a shift from the Submit’s ballot on Oct. 1 when 47% blamed Trump and Republicans, 30% blamed Democrats and 23% had been not sure on the onset of the shutdown.
Democrats are extra united, saying that Trump and Republicans are guilty for the shutdown (81%) than Republicans saying Democrats are guilty (72%). Twice as many independents say Trump and Republicans are accountable (46%) than Democrats (23%).
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Drive One shortly after taking off from Busan, South Korea, en path to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Oct. 30, 2025.
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Majorities throughout partisan strains say they’re involved in regards to the shutdown: Almost 9 in 10 Democrats together with over seven in 10 independents and over six in 10 Republicans are involved in regards to the shutdown, however extra Democrats say they’re “very” involved (62%) than independents (43%) or Republicans (26%).
Concern over the shutdown is increased amongst ladies, with 81% voicing concern, in contrast with 68% of males.
And a rising share of People disapprove of how Trump is managing the federal authorities. In all, 63% disapprove at the moment, up from 57% in April and 54% in February. Simply over a 3rd (36%) approve in the latest ballot.
The ABC/Submit/Ipsos ballot requested People to elucidate why they assume both Trump and Republicans or Democrats are guilty for the federal authorities shutting down. Listed here are a few of their written responses:
Amongst these blaming Trump and Republicans:
“They will not budge on the considerations of healthcare premiums skyrocketing for all People. He isn’t for all People, solely his pursuits matter,” mentioned a 65-year-old Democratic lady in Wisconsin.
“They appear extra fascinated about protecting energy than working for the nation’s profit,” mentioned a 78-year-old Republican-leaning unbiased man in Oregon.
“They management the entire parts of the federal authorities,” mentioned a 45-year-old Democratic man in Tennessee.
“Trump is the president and the Republicans maintain the bulk. Not solely that, Speaker Johnson let loose the Home on trip, and Trump/Republicans received’t even attempt to work with Democrats on the lack of healthcare funding that’s going to harm hundreds of thousands of individuals,” mentioned a 34-year-old Democratic lady in Minnesota.
“Trump mentioned it himself a couple of years in the past that it’s the President’s job to convey the two sides collectively,” mentioned a 59-year-old Democratic-leaning unbiased lady in Pennsylvania.
“President Trump and the Maga GOP are refusing to barter over the Inexpensive Care Act expiration whatever the unfavourable influence on a lot of their supporters and so they haven’t any different plans for protecting the price of healthcare from rising,” mentioned a 69-year-old Democratic lady in Virginia.
“The Republicans management Congress. They received’t negotiate. After all they’re accountable. We can’t take healthcare away from hundreds of thousands of People,” mentioned a 40-year-old Democratic lady in Iowa.
“They refuse to barter in good religion,” mentioned a 78-year-old Democratic-leaning unbiased man in Ohio.
Amongst these blaming Democrats:
“They need healthcare for unlawful immigrants to be paid for out of my pocket. Not proper,” mentioned a 78-year-old Republican lady in Oregon.
“As a result of they won’t budge,” mentioned a 37-year-old Republican-leaning unbiased lady in Arizona.
“They need to negotiate subsidies on well being care, however they don’t need to conduct the negotiation inside the related Home and Senate committees. They’re holding the entire authorities hostage over one difficulty,” mentioned a 78-year-old Republican man in South Carolina.
“They voted down the continuation resolutions a number of instances,” mentioned a 56-year-old Republican-leaning unbiased man in Nebraska.
“The Democrats are those who is not going to budge on coming to an settlement,” mentioned a 43-year-old unbiased lady in Texas.
“The Democrats have supported the objects within the persevering with decision and are demanding issues that proceed to construct the debt,” mentioned a 69-year-old Republican-leaning unbiased man in California.
“Republicans supplied and handed a clear invoice with no Republican additions and Democrats frequently vote no,” mentioned a 76-year-old Republican man in Texas.
Methodology: This ABC Information/Washington Submit/Ipsos ballot was performed on-line through the probability-based Ipsos KnowledgePanel® Oct. 24-28, 2025, in English and Spanish, amongst a random nationwide pattern of two,725 U.S. adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 proportion factors, together with the design impact. Error margins are bigger for subgroups. The partisan divisions are 28% Democrats, 31% Republicans and 41%
See extra particulars on ABC Information’s survey methodology here.
