Poll: GOP Voters Oppose Gov’t Shutdown To Stop Obama On Immigration

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, during a news conference with conservative Congressional Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Cruz and Lee stand as the Senate... Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, during a news conference with conservative Congressional Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Cruz and Lee stand as the Senate’s dynamic duo for conservatives, crusading against President Barack Obama’s health care law while infuriating many congressional Republicans with a tactic they consider futile, self-serving and detrimental to the party’s political hopes in 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Americans are evenly divided as to whether President Barack Obama should act unilaterally to reshape the immigration system but they broadly oppose a government shutdown as a way to stop him, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

By a 68 to 25 percent margin, voters don’t want Congress to shut down “major activities of the federal government” in order to thwart Obama’s executive actions on immigration.

Even Republican voters surveyed said they oppose a shutdown to stop Obama, by a narrow margin of 47 to 44 percent.

The findings highlight the challenge facing lawmakers like Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who are pushing to use government funding as leverage to undo the president’s sweeping executive actions announced on Thursday, which could shield some 4.4 million undocumented immigrants from the threat of deportation.

Overall, the poll found narrow disapproval for an executive move on immigration, by a 48 to 45 percent margin, with voters sharply divided along party lines.

The Quinnipiac poll surveyed 1,623 registered voters nationwide from Nov. 18 to 23, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.

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  1. Another way to read this poll: All establishment candidates are against a shutdown and they divide the 47% opposed to a shutdown among them. Ted Cruz stands out as the only contender advocating for a shutdown, claiming the whole 44% in favor of it. In a multi-candidate presidential primary I’d say that’s good politics.

  2. THeY sHOULD sHUT AMericA doWN for THIS outraGE. JUSt A buNCH of BRowNS that WaNT ALL the FREE stUFF the AmericA GIVes AWAY. WeLCOme to the WELfare stATE of OHbummers America!!!1!!!one!!1!!!

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  4. if they don’t like/want shutdowns, why re-elect them

  5. Avatar for sjk sjk says:

    Since when does the GOTP listen to anyone?

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