US: Health Care (ABC/Post 9/10-12)
Emily Swanson | September 14, 2009
ABC News / Washington Post
9/10-12/09; 1,007 adults, 3.5% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone interviews
(ABC: story, results; Post: story; results)
National
Obama Job Approval
54% Approve, 43% Disapprove (chart)
Health Care:48 / 48 (chart)
Economy: 51 / 46 (chart)
Favorable / Unfavorable
Barack Obama: 63 / 35 (chart)
Overall, given what you know about them, would you say you support or oppose the proposed changes to the health care system being developed by Congress and the Obama administration?
46% Support, 48% Oppose (chart)
Would you support or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat?
55% Support, 42% Oppose
Say health care reform does NOT include the option of a government-sponsored health plan - in that case would you support or oppose the rest of the proposed changes to the health care system being developed by Congress and the Obama
administration?
50% Support, 42% Oppose
Would you support or oppose a law that requires all Americans to have health insurance, either getting it from work or buying it on their own?
51% Support, 47% Oppose
Do you think the Republicans in Congress are or are not making a good faith effort to cooperate with Obama and the Democrats on health care reform?
31% Are, 62% Are not
Do you think Obama and the Democrats in Congress are or are not making a good faith effort to cooperate with the Republicans on health care reform?
50% Are, 44% Are not
Party ID
32% Democrat, 21% Republican, 43% independent (chart)
By Emily Swanson | September 14, 2009 8:03 AM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)
Comments
The numbers prove it.
Posted on September 14, 2009 1:15 PM
Its interesting to see the difference between "congressional Democrats" wording by Rasmussen and "congress" by ABC including the natural split of party identification between the two.
Posted on September 14, 2009 1:47 PM
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