Public Opposed To Declaring National Emergency For A Wall

There is no support in Congress (either the Democratic House or the GOP Senate) for another government shutdown -- even though Trump has threatened that to get money for his unpopular border wall. The odds are that if he tried to do it again, he would be overridden by Congress.

That leaves Trump with only his second threat -- to declare a national emergency and have the military build a border wall. It's debatable whether that would even be legal, but one thing is certain -- it would be very unpopular with the American public.

Three new polls show that the public would be opposed to that -- a Morning Consult Poll by 12 points, a Monmouth Poll by 30 points, and a Quinnipiac Poll by 35 points.

Trump needs to improve his numbers. Declaring a national emergency to force building a wall will do just the opposite.

The Quinnipiac University Poll was done between January 25th and 28th of a national sample of 1,004 voters, with a 3.7 point margin of error.

The Monmouth University Poll was done between January 25th and 27th of a national sample of 805 adults, with a 3.5 point margin of error.

The Politico / Morning Consult Poll was done between January 25th and 27th of a national sample of 1.997 registered voters, with a 2 point margin of error.