By Julia Harte

-From federal paychecks to public benefits, the longest U.S. government shutdown in history is cutting lifelines for millions of Americans, many of whom voted for President Donald Trump.

But conversations with five Trump voters – part of a group of 20 whom Reuters has interviewed monthly since February – show that while the shutdown has disrupted their lives, it has not diminished their opinion of Trump’s performance as president.

Both Democrats and Republicans fear the political fallout from the shutdown. But Reuters’ interviews with the panel of Trump voters show little change in pre-existing ideological divisions as a result of the shutdown.

Most of the 20 voters on the panel are among the two-fifths of Americans who, according to recent Reuters-Ipsos polling, blame t

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