51% Want To End Shutdown by Passing Budget With No Additional Spending, 28% Disagree

Publication Date: 10/24/2025 5:00 AM CST

51% Want To End Shutdown by Passing Budget With No Additional Spending, 28% Disagree

Publication: 10/24/2025 5:00 AM CST

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Fifty-one percent (51%) of voters say it is better to end the shutdown by passing a budget that adds no additional spending, while 28% disagree and think Congress should pass a budget that includes additional spending.
- Republicans prefer to add no spending by a 61% to 23% margin.
- A plurality (42%) of Democrats agree, but 36% disagree and say it's better to pass a budget with additional spending.
In light of this, 52% favor the proposed Republican budget that adds no additional spending, while 33% prefer the budget proposed by the Democrats, which increases spending.
Not surprisingly, 73% of Republicans favor the Republican plan, with just 20% preferring additional spending.
- Democrats are more split. Forty-eight percent (48%) prefer increasing spending, while 32% want it to stay the same.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, October 20-21, 2025. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.