Yet Another Poll Shows Obamacare’s Unpopularity
While most reporters have focused on its conclusions regarding the presidential race, the latest NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll also includes survey data on the health care law. Only 34% of Americans now think Obamacare was a good idea – that’s down from 38% from May 2010, just after the law was passed. And by a 46% to 40% plurality, Americans support the law’s repeal; fully 36% of Americans strongly support repealing Obamacare.
There was another revealing question included in the survey: A whopping 11% of Americans think passing Obamacare has been “the most positive accomplishment of the Obama Administration.” That means that even Obama’s political base is more enthused by his other “accomplishments” than the President’s efforts to ram through the massive 2700 page, $2.6 trillion health care law. So much for the claims made last year that “As people learn about the bill…it’s going to become more and more popular….Those who voted for health care will find it an asset, those who voted against it will find it a liability…”