Good question but that's a bit beyond my point. OP's questions suggests that Republicans shouldn't worry about welfare recipients getting their bennies since they probably don't vote republican anyway. What I'm saying is that the people that actually end up with that money (landlords, doctors, private employees, etc.) could easily be republican voters and they're going to feel the pinch right along side the actual welfare recipients...maybe more so since, unlike welfare recipients, they have actual, real financial obligations to things like employees, banks, utility companies, etc. Maybe they won't blame the republicans..or maybe some of them will. But the idea that this shut down will only affect welfare recipients & federal workers is a false narrative. In a couple weeks it's going to cause a significant ripple affect right through the economy that will last well beyond the actual end of the shut down.