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On  Trump 's First Anniversary  Another First: Why This Shutdown Is Different
On the first anniversary of President Trump's inauguration  the federal government is in a partial shutdown  but it's still unclear which party will ultimately be blamed.
DAVIS: Yeah. I mean  there's reason to be skeptical that shutting down the government will have an impact on the party that's seen as doing it. As you said  in the 2013 shutdown  that was seen as being led by Senator Ted Cruz  a Republican from Texas. And the following election  the midterm year  Republicans won big. I still think one of the biggest factors in these election climates is the president's approval rating. And right now   President Trump    his  approval ratings are about 38 percent. That's the lowest point of any president at this stage of this presidency.
And I think this is really important context because  President if Trump's approval rating  right now is 58 percent  Democrats probably wouldn't be feeling as emboldened as they are to have this confrontation with  him . And I also think  you know  across the board  there's this recognition that  right now  the news cycle and the pace of the news happens so fast that if they resolve this shutdown in a few days  is it really still going to be a motivating force come November?
On  Trump 's First Anniversary  Another First: Why This Shutdown Is Different
On the first anniversary of  [TGT] 's inauguration  the federal government is in a partial shutdown  but it's still unclear which party will ultimately be blamed.
DAVIS: Yeah. I mean  there's reason to be skeptical that shutting down the government will have an impact on the party that's seen as doing it. As you said  in the 2013 shutdown  that was seen as being led by Senator Ted Cruz  a Republican from Texas. And the following election  the midterm year  Republicans won big. I still think one of the biggest factors in these election climates is the president's approval rating. And right now   President Trump    his  approval ratings are about 38 percent. That's the lowest point of any president at this stage of this presidency.
And I think this is really important context because  President if  [TGT] 's approval rating  right now is 58 percent  Democrats probably wouldn't be feeling as emboldened as they are to have this confrontation with  him . And I also think  you know  across the board  there's this recognition that  right now  the news cycle and the pace of the news happens so fast that if they resolve this shutdown in a few days  is it really still going to be a motivating force come November?