CNN Polling Guru Stunned Shutdown Has Helped Republicans

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As Democrats have continued to try to blame the government shutdown on Republicans, according to the latest data Americans are seeing right through it.

CNN's polling data analyst Harry Enten appeared somewhat stunned on Tuesday after discovering that the government shutdown had actually driven the GOP's numbers slightly up.

Enten became animated in a segment with CNN anchor John Berman.

Berman said, "One thing that might end a shutdown is political pain, if parties start to feel that it’s hurting them. So let’s talk about that, starting with Republicans. How has the shutdown seemed to have affected their political standing?"

Enten was quick to answer.

"Yeah, you might think, given that the Republicans are in charge of both the House and the Senate, that a government shutdown might actually hurt the Republican brand," Enten began.

One might reasonably think that...

He continued, "But in fact, it hasn’t! If anything, it’s been helped a little bit!"

"Take a look here, the shift in net popularity versus pre-shutdown," Enten explained, pointing to the screen. "When we’re looking at the Republican Party overall, that brand, actually up two points. That’s within the margin of error, but clearly it hasn’t dropped. Come over to this side of the screen, look at the net approval ratings for Republicans in Congress. It’s actually up five points since pre-shutdown!"

Enten added, "So what we’re seeing here is the Republican brand in Congress has actually improved somewhat compared to where we were pre-shutdown, despite the fact that Republicans control. And that’s the math that John Thune and Mike Johnson are looking at is, 'Hey, why should we give in, electorally speaking, when our brand has actually improved a little bit?'"

Last week, ForAmerica covered Democrats poll numbers going down during the shutdown and that Trump's favorability had slightly shot up.

It appears the Republican Party-at-large is now experiencing this same phenomenon.

Berman asked Enten on Tuesday, "This is a concerning number for Democrats, are you saying?"

Enten replied, "This is a concerning number for Democrats, because it’s considerably worse than they traditionally do in midterm elections when there’s a Republican president."

Democrats are banking on some kind of success in the mid-terms, but what actually happens is anyone's guess.

But these numbers don't look good for the Left.