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American legislators from the two factions are pointing fingers as thousands of workers remain on uncompensated time off and the funding gap continues with no end in prospect.

Democrats have refused to endorse the GOP spending plan unless expiring healthcare subsidies that they argue many employed households rely on are continued.

The Republican Party expect the opposition to enact a short-term legislation beforehand and then they can negotiate the financial aid.

A Republican Voter, Forty-Nine, Republican

This Golden State citizen is anxious about the widespread effect of the shutdown on ordinary people.

The Republicans have 53 supporters, they must secure sixty to pass the bill. Could it be that hard to come together over 7 supporters so that the public avoid harm?

If this persists for a few more weeks, the reality is Americans are being harmed, the populace are being impacted by this and someone needs to step up to be the grown-up in the room.

I think sometimes legislators are so removed from ordinary citizens, the common folk living their lives, so they forget what the struggle is like and I believe they must remember that, particularly if it's three-quarters of a million Americans that are unpaid.

That's a significant number of people missing wages, that's a significant number of citizens unable to inject their income back into the market. Citizens are just being negatively impacted.

A Democratic Voter, Early Twenties, Democrat

This Maryland resident acknowledges this closure will cause pain to many Americans, but she thinks it is a necessary struggle.

I'm concerned because there is no favorable conclusion with the government being shut down.

I'm highly anxious about what's going to happen to low-income families, students who rely on public aid and federal employees.

But this is a important struggle for the Democrats to pursue. Certainly jobs are going to be lost, services are going to go without funding, which is so unfortunate but I don't think that is responsibility that the Democratic Party would have on their record.

I feel it's valuable to hold out, this is communicating a meaningful signal to their voters.

Punal Bhavsar, Thirty-Six, Democrat

This California resident is concerned the Democrats lack tactics in their funding gap approach.

I question if the Democratic leadership has a strategy for an resolution path to negotiations or how to guide the group out of this.

I question if the Democrats have a clear communication to the citizens on what they're pursuing.

In terms of digital outreach, the GOP definitely have the upper hand. The messaging is not resounding on what Democrats are attempting.

I'm presently at a stage where I'm fairly nervous because federal closures harm the public.

I'm going to be fine, but for everyone else who relies on the federal system, who hopes to tour a National Park or institution, they're going to be affected, if not now, then in the short term.

And that is unreasonable.

A Republican Voter, Fifty-Five, GOP Supporter

This Indiana citizen states Democrats are engaging in partisan games with everyday citizens and their income.

This is usual politics. It is a continuing resolution they are attempting to enact, that the Democrats oppose.

Everyone's calling it a Democratic closure, it's not due to the GOP, it's on the Democratic leader, he's proceeding to maintain influence within his own party - in the meanwhile, all are in the difficult position.

I don't see that this is going to resolve.

The average Americans are trapped between sides, and the left are prepared to sacrifice them. They're not doing their reputation any favours when they actually block things like this.

Trey Stewart, 27, Democratic Supporter

This Sunshine State citizen claims the Democratic strategy is a tough but essential one and one that touches his family member, who has been furloughed because of the closure.

Democrats' approach is a challenging one, but sadly it is a necessary one.

They have not been able to do a great deal to impede or block the current administration's policies.

I endorse their approach, I endorse their reasoning for doing it.

The current president is a aggressor and if you acquiesce to a aggressor he's going to demand further compromises, that's how such individuals work. So you have to resist a bully to make him recognise you're not going to concede for without resistance.

The moment when it goes too far is when the Democratic Party start failing in the public relations war, if the narrative turns to blaming the left then it might be appropriate to call it quits.

Rom Solene, Mid-Sixties, GOP Supporter

This Arizona voter is not directly impacted by the funding lapse so he is supportive of the closure continuing, if that is what it takes for the GOP to prevail.

I would expect after the time that the left have had, I would have assumed that they would have agreed to the stopgap measure, at least temporarily.

I am fully supportive of what the GOP are attempting, I'm all for lowering public expenditure.

The Democrats have become so antagonistic of the current president, whatever he suggests I believe they would seek reasons to battle him.

I personally am not experiencing the immediacy that some Americans are, this leaves me untouched.

What little we do dependent on the federal system - what it offers for us - the shutdown is not going to impact us {whatsoever|at all|in any