The government shutdown isn’t hurting President Donald Trump where it matters to him most, according to CNN’s data guru.

Harry Enten said the president’s net approval rating went up by a point even as the shutdown dragged into its 20th day on Monday, reversing his fortunes during the 35-day standoff in his first term.

Popular support for Trump had dropped three points by the 20th day of the December 2018 to January 2019 shutdown, Enten said. But things are starkly different the second time around, as Democrats and Republicans remain at an impasse over the extension of healthcare subsidies expiring at the end of the year.

“The bottom line is this: The first shutdown during Trump’s first term, 2018-2019 was hurting Donald Trump,” Enten said. “This one is not hurting him at all. There’s no

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