The Morning Plum: Can Ryancare help Dems win back seniors and independents?

The Morning Plum
By Greg Sargent

Can Ryancare help Dems win back seniors and independents? With the debate over whether NY-26 is a bellwether for 2012 still in full swing, a pair of liberal leaning groups will release a poll today finding that voters nationally oppose Ryancare by a 16-point margin (38 percent for; 54 percent against) when the plan is describd to them as follows:

“Instead of the government paying doctors and hospitals directly for treating seniors as Medicare does now, the government would provide vouchers to help seniors buy their own private health insurance policy.”

The poll — which interviewed 800 likely voters by land-line and cell and will be released today by the Herndon Alliance and Know Your Care — also finds that this description drives opposition to the plan up to 58 percent among seniors and 60 percent among independents, two voting blocs that were crucial to the GOP victory in 2010 that Dems are working hard to win back for 2012.

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