Poll: Majority Oppose Shutdown by Radical Left

The overwhelming majority of Americans say Democrats should NOT shut down the government, according to brand new polling from The New York Times.

It comes as Democrats insist on shutting down the government over their $1.5 trillion demand to give taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal aliens, subsidize woke "public" media, and gut funding for rural hospitals - jeopardizing critical funding for veterans, seniors, law enforcement, women and children in need, and many others.

It's clear their deranged, Radical Left base is driving the Democrat Shutdown:

• ABC News (9/29/25): "This time Democrats see some potential political advantages to a shutdown with their base voters spoiling for a fight."
• Bloomberg (9/29/25): "Progressive Democrats are putting party leaders under enormous pressure to show they are willing to fight the Trump administration."
• NOTUS (9/29/25): "With pressure on Schumer from the Democratic base not to cave without concrete concessions reaching a fever pitch, such a deal appears increasingly unlikely."
• The Hill (9/29/25): "Democratic senators increasingly see shutting down the government to send a message to President Trump as a political necessity, Democratic aides and strategists say. These frustrated Democrats think they need to do something drastic to push back on the Trump administration and buck up their own demoralized voters."
• The Washington Post (9/29/25): "Democrats, cowed by criticism from their left flank about the last spending deal they cut with Trump in March, are adamant there will be no agreement…"
• AP (9/28/25): "Democrats have suggested they are more willing than ever to allow a shutdown as they face demands from their base voters to fight harder against Trump and the Republican-led Congress."
• AP (9/27/25): "The plan is heartily endorsed by many frustrated voters in the base and party activists, some of whom called on Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York to resign in March…"
• Business Insider (9/27/25): "Democrats, under pressure from their base, are eager to use the process to… at least demonstrate a willingness to fight."
• The Guardian (9/27/25): "Congressional Democrats are under pressure to use their leverage to stand up to Trump and his administration."
• AP (9/26/25): "This time it is Democrats who are making demands as they face intense pressure from their core supporters to stand up to the Republican president and his policies."
• Newsweek (9/26/25): "Democrats remain under pressure from their base to hold firm."
• The New York Times (9/26/25): "Democrats are eagerly showing their base that they are willing to fight… Their base is desperate for them to 'do something.'"
• Axios (9/25/25): "The stalemate comes after months of Democrats being bombarded with demands in phone calls and at town halls to go all-out in fighting the Trump administration… Another House Democrat acknowledged pressure from the base is 'part of [the] calculation' as the party digs in on their demands."
• HuffPost (9/25/25): "Many Democratic candidates running to join the Senate are urging their party's leadership not to back down, further squeezing Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who faced widespread intraparty criticism after allowing a Republican-drafted spending bill to pass in March."
• NBC News (9/25/25): "With a looming government funding deadline, the biggest sin in the eyes of the Democratic Party's base, according to party officials and activists, would not be losing to President Donald Trump in a shutdown battle. It would be refusing to fight."