New Rasmussen polls shows nearly half of Americans strongly oppose Obamacare
by Whopper Hound • January 11, 2010 • All Whoppers, Featured Articles, General, Health Care, Newly Added Stories • 1 Comment
Opposition to the Democrats’ Health Care reform, often referred to as Obamacare, continues to solidify. Over 50% of Americans believe health care costs will rise under Obamacare, rather than seeing decreased costs. While only 20% of voters strongly support the health care reform, nearly half of the voters polled strongly oppose it.
A new Rasmussen Reports poll shows nearly 50% of Americans strongly oppose Obamacare:
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 17% believe passage of the legislation will achieve the stated goal of reducing health care costs. Fifty-seven percent (57%) think it will lead to higher costs.
Fifty-two percent (52%) also believe passage of the legislation will lead to a decline in the quality of care.
Overall, 40% of voters nationwide favor the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. Fifty-five percent (55%) are opposed. As has been the case throughout the debate, those who feel strongly about the issue are more likely to be opposed. Just 19% of voters Strongly Favor the plan while 45% are Strongly Opposed.
Ed Morrissey of Hot Air has this analysis of the new poll results:
The internals on the poll are interestingly contradictory. For instance, the youngest voters favor passage 58/34, but then they also believe that passage will make health-care quality worse, 38/28, with 21% believing it will stay the same. That’s actually the best showing among age demographics for believing ObamaCare will make health care better. Majorities believe it will make it worse starting from age 40 up, and 49% of thirtysomethings believe the same (against 11% who think it will improve health care). Given that the youngest voters have poor turnout records, this is not a good sign for ObamaCare supporters in Congress this year.
These numbers reinforce why the Democrats have written the bill behind closed doors and attempted to pass it before the American public could read or give feedback to their representatives. As has been the case all along, the more Americans learn about Obamacare, the less they like it.
And this is why Democrats are always trying to herd youth into going out and voting, because they have no grasp of how the real world works yet and all you have to do is give them a T Shirt or a bag of jelly beans to win their vote.