"Sixty-one percent of registered voters say funding a wall along the nation’s southern border is "not important enough to prompt a shutdown," the poll stated.
The poll was conducted April 20-24 among 2,032 registered voters with a 2 percent margin of error.
On Monday, US media reported that President Donald Trump may halt the construction of the wall until October to avoid the government shutdown.
According to reports, Congressional Democrats will not agree to a budget extension that includes funding for the wall. Without a deal, government funding will run out at midnight on Friday.
However, during a briefing on Tuesday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the administration is not slowing down the wall’s construction.
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