The Hill: Almost half of likely voters view healthcare reform unfavorably

Public support for healthcare reform ticked downward in October, suffering from an especially negative opinion among likely voters.

Almost half of likely voters in next month’s elections said they have an unfavorable view of Democrats’ signature legislation — a more negative take on healthcare reform than the general public.

Forty-nine percent of likely voters said they have an unfavorable opinion of the healthcare bill, according to the Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, compared to 39 percent who have a favorable opinion. Twelve percent of likely voters said they have no opinion.

The poll suggests that the voters who are most likely to turn out to vote in 15 days are voters who tend to be more against the healthcare bill, another factor pointing to a potentially difficult set of midterm elections for Democrats.

An earlier poll by The Hill also pointed to problems for Democrats with healthcare. In The Hill poll of 12 battleground districts won by freshman House Democrats in 2008, a majority of those surveyed favored repeal. Even 23 percent of Democrats polled in the dozen districts favored repeal.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/124671-almost-half-of-likely-voters-view-health-reform-unfavorably


More propaganda...

The Democrats would have RULED the midtermz

oh well

And we know how important having those folks on board was to HCR success. Just ask Rahm or the Daschle stooge who is acting WHCOS and who secretly pushed those awful deals.

As mere whiners on the LEFT we really don't understand the complexity of Washington or 3 dimensional chess.

Just mark the ballot at the top straight ticket for Dems, and be sure to send donations to the moderate adults who do understand.

Somebody has not. Unfortunately that last somebody is Democrats.

knows that all Obama/Baucus did was continue the PRIVATIZED system for the health care industry!!

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Announcing the new logo

why should people be surprised.

When ya hand down an industry bonanza with a few crumbs(it will benefit a small number of people) and make it mandatory while not really Controlling rates people might just notice....

If Medicare for all or something like it had been passed the TB's would have been overwhelmed and the Democratic Party would have had a lock for years. But nooo...

All of us who want single payer view it unfavorably.

Did they really say the word "repeal" in the question?

Some of us dislike it because it did not include a public option. And right-wingers have a greatly distorted view of what's in it.

BTW, why does this blogger seem to think it's still just a bill? He keeps calling it the "healthcare bill." Obviously he never saw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dVo3nbLYC0">Schoolhouse Rock.

I probably would respond to such a poll with an unfavorable view of "health care reform" because of what it wasn't but could have been, not because it was.

Not to mention the free abortions.

GOP did a real good job of poisoning the well.