Voters Don't See Much Bipartisanship in Washington

Congress may have come together Wednesday to pass a bill to avoid default and end the government shutdown, but as far as voters are concerned, there isn't too much bipartisanship in Washington, D.C.

Only 21 percent of likely U.S. voters think Republicans are acting on a bipartisan basis these days, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll. Sixty-one percent believe they are acting like partisan Republicans.

When it comes to Democrats, 27 percent say congressional Democrats are acting in a bipartisan fashion, but 55 percent feel they are performing instead like partisan Democrats.Over half of all voters -- 51 percent -- believe President Barack Obama is acting like a partisan Democrat. Thirty percent say he is acting in a bipartisan fashion.

The national survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted Oct. 14-15. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95 percent level of confidence.