Democrats Beat Republicans in Poll Favoring More Cooperation
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Americans, who voted for a divided government in November, say they want the parties to work together, with a majority opposing at all costs any federal shutdown over budget matters, a Bloomberg National Poll shows.
By a 3-to-2 margin, respondents say they wouldn’t support the kind of impasse that brought the federal government to a halt in 1995, when President Bill Clinton and congressional Republicans couldn’t agree on a budget. An even higher 9 out of 10 say they want Democrats and Republicans in Congress to cooperate to solve the nation’s problems, according to the poll conducted Dec. 4-7.