Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:09 pm Post subject: Survey Finds 2 To 1 Support For Health Care Reform
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I wrote recently about the outrageous fraud of Republican leaders citing public opinion as a reason to oppose health care reform. They do this to make it appear as though they're the people's party, and because it's difficult to state their real reason, which is to bring down President Obama at any cost. Obama probably could get Republican support for health care reform by saying he has changed his mind and is now against it.
Comes now (Feb. 26-28) a McClatchy/Ipsos poll of 1,076 people that on first glance offers rocks to sling at Obama. The lead question asks, "As of right now, do you favor or oppose the health care reform proposals presently being discussed?" Forty-one percent said they favored them, 47 percent said they were opposed, and the rest said they were unsure. Those are numbers the Republican leaders could work with.
But the pollsters went a step further, asking those opposed -- 509 people in all -- if they were against the proposals because they "don't go far enough to reform health care" or because they go too far. Thirty-seven percent said it was because the proposals don't go far enough. Thus -- are you ready for this? -- the addition of an obvious, simple follow-up question completely turns the tables. The overall numbers switch to 59 percent in favor of health care reform, 30 percent against. Putting aside those with no opinion, it becomes 66 percent in favor of health care reform, 34 percent against. Some would call that a consensus, or these days, a super majority.
Whoa, what happened here: a plurality against health care reform actually is a landslide in favor of it? In the same poll? If other surveys turn up similar data, will Republican leaders stop citing public opinion as the basis for opposing Obama's health care legislation? Fat chance.
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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 02:36 am Post subject:
"President Obama’s health care summit last week seems to have nudged up support, but 52% of U.S. voters continue to oppose the plan proposed by the president and congressional Democrats.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 44% favor the plan, up three points from last week just before the summit and the highest level of support recorded since mid-November.
But passion remains on the side of the opponents: just 22% Strongly Favor the plan while 43% Strongly Oppose it. "
Since Thanksgiving, overall support for the president’s health care plan has ranged from 38 % to 44% while opposition has run from a low of 51% to a high of 58%.
Seventy-six percent (76%) of those with insurance now rate their own coverage as good or excellent. The fact that most Americans are comfortable with their own insurance coverage has proven to be a major obstacle for advocates of reform because 49% of insured Americans say it’s at least somewhat likely that the plan before Congress could force them to change their own coverage.
Voters overall are now evenly divided over whether the health care plan will pass Congress this year. Forty-four percent (44%) say the plan is likely to become law this year. That’s up six points from a week ago when just 38% thought passage was likely, the lowest level of confidence in the bill’s passage to date. The new finding includes 18% who say passage is very likely.
But another 44% believe passage of the health plan is unlikely, with 31% who say it’s not very likely and 13% who say it’s not at all likely. Twelve percent (12%) more are not sure.
"The overall numbers switch to 59 percent in favor of health care reform, 30 percent against. Putting aside those with no opinion, it becomes 66 percent in favor of health care reform, 34 percent against. Some would call that a consensus, or these days, a super majority. " _________________ David Traver
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"It" depends upon how the questions are asked. _________________ David Traver
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