US Government Shutdowns

US Government Shutdowns

We just had the longest government shutdowns in the US – 43 days from 10/1/2025 to 11/12/2025. This week, I collected all the US govnerment shutdowns in the history from Wikipedia and made a visualization.

My Visualization

This visualization is a simple bar chart that shows the US government duration by historical shutdowns, with the color representing the political parties of the US presidents.

Please note that all the visualizations are designed for desktop view, so it is recommended to view them on a desktop device.

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Insights

• The latest government shutdown lasted for 43 days, and the second longest one in the history lasted 35 days and was during Donald Trump’s 1st term. Other than that, all historical shutdowns were shorter than 30 days.

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