Archive · 19 Nov 2025
Majority of Americans Credit Republicans with Winning Shutdown Negotiations
After the recent government shutdown, a poll found that most Americans think Republicans, not Democrats, got what they wanted in the negotiations.
Many Democrats feel their party gave in too much, and most people still disapprove of how both parties handled the situation.
55% of Americans believe Republicans, led by Trump, won the shutdown negotiations
Only 6% think Democrats emerged victorious, 24% say neither party succeeded
55% of Democrats feel their party compromised too much in the resolution
70% of Republicans think their party struck the right balance
60% disapprove of Democrats' handling, 56% disapprove of Trump's leadership
- Who
- Americans, Democrats, Republicans, President Donald Trump
- What
- Believe Republicans won the shutdown negotiations
- When
- According to a CBS News and YouGov poll released on November 15
- Where
- In the United States
- Why
- Due to the recent government shutdown
Democrats' View
Republicans' View
Shutdown Resolution
Democrats' View
Compromised too much
Republicans' View
Struck the right balance
- Poll Conducted
- November 13–14, 2019
- Poll Participants
- Respondents from an early-November survey during the shutdown
- Shutdown Duration
- 43 days
- Democrats Who Feel Their Party Compromised Too Much
- 55%
- Republicans Who Think Their Party Struck the Right Balance
- 70%