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JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: All right, new costs and new concerns as the government shutdown drags on. A big question for the American people is, when it will end? A big political question is, who is getting blamed?

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten is here.

And we're talking about blame and President Trump. Different this time than when he was president the first time around with the shutdown.

HARRY ENTEN, CNN CHIEF DATA ANALYST: That's exactly right. Turns out, shutdowns are different the second time around when it comes to Donald Trump.

Take a look here. You know, we speak about Donald Trump, shutdowns, net approval rating. We're talking 20 days into it. In 2018-2019, Donald Trump's net approval rating was already falling. The shutdown was eating into his popular support. It was down three points already at this particular point and would fall considerably more. It was very much on the decline.

You come over to this side of the screen. This shutdown hasn't eaten into Donald Trump's support at all. His net approval rating is actually up a point in -- in terms of -- in terms of his popular support.

So, the bottom line is this. The first shutdown during Trump's first term, 2018-2019, was hurting Donald Trump. This one is not hurting him at all. There's no real reason Donald Trump might say, at least when it comes to popular support. I want to get out of this shutdown.

BERMAN: What about the question of blame?

ENTEN: Yes, OK, what about the question of blame? OK, you see here, you see Donald Trump's net approval rating was down 2018 to 2019. You talk about 2025. His net approval rating is up. It comes down to the blame game. A game I love to play when I was younger. Blame Trump for the shutdown a great deal. In 2018-2019, 61 percent. More than three in five Americans blame Trump a great deal for that particular shutdown. You come over to this side of the screen. Look at this, it's a different world. It's a different world. Forty-eight percent of Americans blame Trump a great deal for this particular shutdown. So, it's more than three in five back in 2018-2019. It's less than half a drop of 13 points. Again, it's no real wonder that Donald Trump, at this point looking at the shutdown, says, you know what, it's not actually harming me politically, in large part because he's getting less of the blame.

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