# Government Shutdown 12/22: Real Shutdown, Bullshit Shutdown, or No Shutdown?

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**Created:** [December 15, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-shutdown-12-22-real-shutdown-bullshit-shutdown-or-no-shutdown/826174 "2018-12-15T12:40:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tempe\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tempe_jeff/32/7328_2.png) [@Tempe\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tempe_Jeff)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-shutdown-12-22-real-shutdown-bullshit-shutdown-or-no-shutdown/826174/26 "2018-12-16T00:56:55Z")

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> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#):
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> Bullshit shutdown.
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> 1. It’s only a partial at worst.
> 2. Trump owned it. That owns in for the Republican Party and they sure as hell don’t want that.
> 3. It’s unpopular. A shutdown for the wall is polling at only 37%…showing again that Trump’s hardcore will support him no matter what but that the rest of the world is losing patience.
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> [Americans Don’t Want A Government Shutdown Because Of The Border Wall | FiveThirtyEight](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-dont-want-a-government-shutdown-because-of-the-border-wall/)

Of course, they predicted a Hillary landslide too.

> **[Florida | 2016 Election Forecast | FiveThirtyEight](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/florida/)**
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> Florida predictions and polling data for the 2016 presidential election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

The rest of the World being against a wall is a negative for the U.S. ?  
Please enlighten me .

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