Americans Say NO To Declaring An Emergency For A Wall

Posted on the 13 January 2019 by Jobsanger



The government remains shutdown, and is now the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Trump is still trying to cause undocumented immigration a crisis for the country, and has said he may declare a national emergency to get his wall.
The public is not buying it though. Only 34% say the border situation is a crisis, while 55% say it is a problem but nor a crisis (and 11% don't see it as even a problem). Since most people don't see it as a crisis, it shouldn't be surprising that they also don't want Trump to declare a national emergency. Only 33% want him to do that, while twice as many do not (67%).
Trump is also still being mostly blamed for the shutdown. About 47% say Trump is responsible, while 30% say it's the Democrats in Congress and 3% say it's the Republicans in Congress. The remaining 20% blames everyone.
These chats are from a new CBS News / YouGov Poll -- done between January 9th and 11th of a national sample of 1,470 adults, with a margin of error of 2.9 points.