In the poll from The Washington Post, 47 percent of respondents said “Trump and Republicans in Congress” are “mainly responsible for the federal government partially shutting down,” while 30 percent pinned the blame on “Democrats in Congress” for the shutdown.
In the survey, 66 percent of respondents said they are either “very” or “somewhat” concerned over the shutdown, while 34 percent said they are “not too” or “not at all” concerned.
The Post poll took place Wednesday, featuring 1,010 people and a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.
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23% is unsure or has no opinion? Holy shit that’s huge.
It is shocking how many people have absolutely no fucking clue what is going on.
I mean, I also wonder how many of that 23% are scared of ending up on an enemies list or some shit if they say the wrong thing to the wrong person right now
Funny thing about fascism is, if you are worried about being a target of them, you already are.
True. But you also don’t even have to be aware. Fascism is self destructive. It always needs a new target. The only requirement is the target is not/no longer a part of the current definition of the in group.
They need to sack the fuck up
To be fair there is an absolute fuck ton of shit going on and it’s nearly impossible to keep track of all of the bull shit. This is, of course, by design but it’s working to perfection. There’s just a maelstrom of frustrating things going on and stuff starts to slip by unnoticed more and more.
To your point tho, there is a crazy amount of people that don’t know of any of it at all. Which is almost impressive at this point.
I remember as a child hearing stats about what percentage of American adults could not name the current President, and I think I had some amount of disbelief. I mean, you’d think it would be near-zero. Then you factor in people that are extremely stupid or mentally disabled in some way and give some grace there. In any case, now that I’m an adult, I’m no longer a disbeliever in so many people being so very ignorant.
My boss says he deliberately puts head In dirt to keep sane.
I’d say almost everyone here has a clue what is going on and everyone here is really unhappy about it.
That said, I’d probably say “yeah I dunno” to a pollster.
People have lives to live outside of following politics on the internet.
Whodathunk?
It’s America. People are stuck in their own little hamster wheels of production and consumption. That’s a feature not a bug.
Yeah, how dare adults live their lives instead of focusing on something they have no control over?
They should be spending hours every day on these forums so they can feel like they’re having an impact even though nothing is changing.