Monday, April 28, 2014

Poll gives evidence of a shift in support for the Affordable Care Act

We've been predicting that Republicans have miscalculated in pinning their campaign strategy almost solely on getting rid of "Obamacare" and that the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) will become an asset rather than a liability by November.

Now some evidence is beginning to back that up.  Here's just one of many positive signs in a poll released today, from a Huffington Post article by political commentator Sam Stein:
In Republican districts that are the most likely to flip to Democratic control in the 2014 elections, the shift of opinion toward the Affordable Care Act is equally pronounced. Fifty-four percent of respondents from those districts now support implementing and fixing the law versus 40 percent who support repealing and replacing it. In December, those numbers were 48 percent and 44 percent, respectively.
If that trend of shifting attitudes continues -- and why wouldn't it, as more and more people see the benefits of their new insurance and realize that this is the Obamacare they've been told again and again that they should hate -- then it can only be good news for Democrats come November.

Ralph 

PS:   This info was just added:   Polls in Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and North Carolina show a similar strong preference for fixing Obamacare over repealing it.  And in those states, 2/3 of voters report having seen ads attacking Obamacare, while only 1/3 report seeing ads supporting it.    So, despite the negative ads and their misinformation, there is still a preference for keeping it and fixing it over repealing it.

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