AP Pollster breaks down who Americans blame for federal shutdown

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As the government shutdown drags on with no end in sight, a new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans see it as a significant problem — and all of the major players are being blamed.

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00:00Welcome to day 14 of the Democrat government shutdown.

00:03We remain completely and totally concerned by all of the aspects of the Trump-Republican

00:08shutdown.

00:09As the government shutdown stretches on, a new APNORC poll finds there's plenty of

00:13blame to go around.

00:15About 6 in 10 U.S. adults say Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have a great deal

00:20or quite a bit of responsibility for the shutdown, and more than half say that about Democrats

00:24in Congress.

00:25It's worth noting about 7 in 10 Americans believe each of these groups has at least

00:31a moderate amount of blame for the lapse in federal spending, suggesting that Americans

00:36see both political parties as responsible.

00:39Democrats in Congress have pushed for negotiations to extend health care subsidies in order to

00:44end the shutdown.

00:45That's a pretty popular argument, at least for those who are paying attention.

00:50The polling shows more Americans favor than oppose extending the Affordable Care Act tax

00:54credits, but a significant share, about 4 in 10, neither favor nor oppose it.

01:00That suggests many Americans just aren't thinking about this issue during the shutdown fight.

01:05Despite that, Americans do see the federal shutdown as a problem.

01:10About half call it a major problem, and about one-third call it a minor problem.

01:14Americans are much more likely to be alarmed by the shutdown, with about two-thirds calling

01:19it a major problem compared to about 3 in 10 Republicans.

01:22Americans, sir.

01:23Americans are much more likely to be alarmed by the shutdowns, so we have a lot of

01:25interruptions.

01:26Everybody's all talking about this issue.

01:27So they're just playing with the shutdowns.

01:28They're just playing with the shutdowns.

01:29We've been playing with a shutdown to the shutdown, so we'll see the shutdowns.

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