This is interesting.....in a city close to me, population of 51,000 most blame the Democrats for the shutdown.

[a kennedy]

30 days into the government shutdown, who's to blame?

39.0% Democrats

33.8% Republicans

27.3% President Trump

Was a poll on our local TV station.

[Walleye]

1. The Republicans and Trump are one and the same. So most people blame the other side, not the Democrats. According to

The poll. I don’t know how they can blame the Republicans and not blame Trump and vice versa.

[CrispyQ]

2. Call them! Tell them the title to the poll is misleading & to correct it!

A vast majority blame the republicans & president for the shutdown.

[Metaphorical]

4. Bad Polls

This is push-polling 101.

This makes the absurd assumption that Trump and the Republicans are not in fact the same thing, and consequently forces respondents to split the result. I read this as 40% blame the Democrats, and 60% blame Trump and his party, which makes much more sense, BUT this also can be read as the Democrats are more at fault than the Republicans if you then ignore the Trump component.

No reputable pollster would make these kinds of amateurish mistakes, but it seems par for the course with the Fox News crowd.

[ThreeNoSeep]

5. A plurality is not "most".

If this isn't just some BS clickbait, a majority (51.1) blame the Republicans or the Dollar Store Antichrist.

[yaesu]

8. yep, AI billionaires are going hog wild trying to push the blame on democracy away from the fascists. nt

[Wiz Imp]

12. Check your math. Republicans + Trump are a combined 61.1%

[ThreeNoSeep]

21. Well crap

Sheesh, and me thinking I'm all clever. 😀

[yaesu]

6. doesn't matter who thinks what, the party in charge always gets the spankin at the polls. nt

[RockRaven]

7. Is that a Sinclair station? Because that poll is constructed in a manner which

shows either gross incompetence or an agenda.

[a kennedy]

13. Morgan Murphy Media is the owner of this local CBS station in LaCrosse, Wi.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. If these percentages were gathered from people visiting a TV station website, they mean very little

[2 Meow Momma]

10. 61.1% blame repubs or tr*mp. nt

[Kaleva]

15. Yes

[onenote]

11. Would like to see more information about the poll and how it was conducted

What station? Presumably there is information on its website

A lot of assumptions being made in the comments. I prefer to know the facts first.

[a kennedy]

16. Yah, the local CBS station, it's owned by the Morgan Murphy Media.

[onenote]

19. Thanks. So it looks like its WKBT - La Crosse-Eau Claire WI

https://www.news8000.com/news/viewer-polls/30-days-into-the-government-shutdown-whos-to-blame/poll_0c0d9537-451f-49e8-821c-44b4cd0a938b.html

[Kaleva]

14. Poll clearly shows majority blame Republicans

Last I heard, Trump is a Republican. Only a minority blame Democrats. 39%.

[highplainsdem]

17. You're completely misreading that poll, which shows more than 60% blame Trump and the Republicans.

[W_HAMILTON]

18. I highly doubt a local TV station is performing actual statical polls.

Odds are it was just an internet poll from their website...

[onenote]

20. Correct

https://www.news8000.com/news/viewer-polls/30-days-into-the-government-shutdown-whos-to-blame/poll_0c0d9537-451f-49e8-821c-44b4cd0a938b.html