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FaultyGourry posted...

You say that like it's a bad thing.

And this is, in my personal opinion, the secret to the GOPs success. They campaign on how the gov't is useless, and when elected they prove it!

Humor aside, I mean it. Republicans as a whole tend to be more distrustful of the government. Sure there will be Democrats who aren't the biggest fan of the more overreaching powers they can demonstrate and Republicans who do want a stronger federal government, but as a whole they tend to stick to their sides.
What I'm getting at is that because of their different views on the government, when Republicans threaten to shutdown the government (most recently seen during Obama's terms, but now with Trump threatening congress if the Wall doesn't get funding), their supporters are happy about it. Anything that takes away power or "wasteful" spending is something they're happy about and reward. Meanwhile, Democrats tend to not look as favorably on that and would never support their politicians making a point and putting the gov't into a freeze.