Most Want to Keep or Expand Health Care Law

[babylonsister]

What are the odds the gop will listen to the majority? Slim to nil would be my guess.

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November 23, 2010

Most Want to Keep or Expand Health Care Law


A new McClatchy-Marist poll finds a majority of Americans want Congress to keep the new health care law or even expand it, despite Republican claims that they have a mandate from the people to kill it.

Key findings: 51% of registered voters want to keep the law or change it to do more, while 44% want to change it to do less or repeal it altogether.

Said pollster Lee Miringoff: "On health care, there is a wide gap between public opinion and the political community."

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. why do people want to vote Republican if they want more?

[derby378]

2. Exactly

There's a profound disconnect there - unless a lot of voters like me are angry with the individual mandate with no public option or single-payer framework.

[MannyGoldstein]

3. Because they're angry as Hell and want fundamental change

They're in pain, but not too smart.

"We all voted for change we can believe in. If we don't get it, we'll get some more change in 2010"
Howard Dean, Aug 2010

[dkf]

4. No mandate without a public option.

If you count that as a support for the bill that is probably misguided since the chances for a public option are nil.

[Clio the Leo]

5. And that number will continue to grow. nt