Health Care Law
53% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law
Monday, September 13, 2010 Email to a Friend ShareThis.Advertisement
Fifty-three percent (53%) of U.S. voters now say they at least somewhat favor repeal of the new national health care law, matching the lowest level of opposition since the bill was passed by Congress in March. That includes 42% who Strongly Favor repeal.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 38% of Likely Voters opposes repeal of the health care bill, with 30% who are Strongly Opposed.
Last week, 56% favored repeal. A majority has favored repeal of the legislation every single week since late March, and the bill is playing a major role in a number of congressional races across the country. Support for repeal has ranged from a low of 53%, reached once before in July, to a high of 63%.
There continues to be a huge divide among Mainstream voters and the Political Class. While 67% of Mainstream voters favor repeal of the health care bill, an overwhelming 88% of the Political Class opposes repeal, including 75% who Strongly Oppose repeal.
Thirty-seven percent (37%) of voters say the health care plan will be good for the country. Just over half (51%) say the new plan will be bad for the United States. These findings show little change since March.
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on September 10-11, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95%level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Seventy-nine percent (79%) of Republicans and 57% of voters not affiliated with either political party favor repeal, while 61% of Democrats are opposed.
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Seventy-nine percent (79%) of those voters with health insurance rate their own coverage as good or excellent, showing little change since late June. Just four percent (4%) believe their coverage is poor.
Among those who have health insurance, 41% say it’s likely they will have to change their insurance because of the new law. Forty-five percent (45%) believe it’s not likely they will have to do so. These findings, too, show little change since late June.
Seventy percent (70%) of all voters nationwide regard health care as the most important issue on their minds when it comes to casting a ballot this November. On a list of 10 issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports, health care ranks third just behind the economy and government ethics.
A solid majority (68%) of voters prefer a smaller government with fewer services and lower taxes to a more active one that offers more services and higher taxes. That's the second highest finding in Rasmussen Reports surveying on the question since November 2006, exceeded only by a 70% finding in August of last year. |
