Poll: Minority Of Voters Wants To Repeal Obamacare

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

TOM KLUDT – OCTOBER 17, 2013, 6:53 AM EDT

A majority of voters nationwide say they want the Affordable Care Act implemented, according to poll findings released Wednesday.

The survey conducted by Democratic firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner showed that 58 percent of voters want the health care law implemented and then fixed, compared with only 38 percent who share the view held by many Republicans that Obamacare should be repealed and replaced.

Thirty-eight percent of voters said they oppose the law because it goes too far, while 45 percent said they favor it and eight percent said they oppose it because it does not go far enough. The government shutdown and the threat of default stemmed from GOP opposition to the Affordable Care Act, namely a campaign led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to defund the law.

According to the Democratic poll, 47 percent of voters in GOP-controlled congressional districts say they are less likely to support their Republican incumbents. It's perhaps the latest piece of polling evidence that Republicans paid a political price for the shutdown and the flirtation with default.

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[Heather MC]

1. Sadly these people don't even know what's in it

[Historic NY]

2. Some people are more surprised...

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/10/10/my-obamacare-surprise/?intcmp=obnetwork

[tanyev]

6. OMG, Juan Williams got out of the bubble and heard some truth.

[MSMITH33156]

7. I fear

for his life.

[truthisfreedom]

3. Obamacare.Read and weep... his name will be erased from the Affordable Care Act as fast as repukes

can puke.

[Javaman]

4. They should be asked if they want to repeal ACA.

most of the mouth breathers out there don't realize that the ACA is Obamacare.

[liberal N proud]

5. Obamacare maybe, Affordable Care Act?

Its all about how you ask the question.

[LibDemAlways]

8. Any poll that does not call the law in question

by its rightful name and establish that respondents are familiar with what's in it is useless. The main stream media, far right media, and Republican politicians have been collectively guilty of refusing to provide the facts. What the poll tells me is that more than a third of the public believe a bunch of lies. The law isn't perfect but it is a start and will ultimately help many of those who have been railing against it finally get themselves and their families covered.

[llmart]

10. But, but.....

the mainstream media has been telling us that a majority of Americans are against it. Or it's an unpopular law. Or any number of adjectives they've tried to use to influence people to be against it.

I'm so confused.