Posted on 08/11/2009 8:13:13 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Public support for the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats has fallen to a new low as just 42% of U.S. voters now favor the plan. That’s down five points from two weeks ago and down eight points from six weeks ago.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that opposition to the plan has increased to 53%, up nine points since late June.
More significantly, 44% of voters strongly oppose the health care reform effort versus 26% who strongly favor it. Intensity has been stronger among opponents of the plan since the debate began.
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of those under 30 favor the plan while 56% of those over 65 are opposed. Among senior citizens, 46% are strongly opposed.
Predictably, 69% of Democrats favor the plan, while 79% of Republicans oppose it. Yet while 44% of Democratic voters strongly favor the reform effort, 70% of GOP voters are strongly opposed to it. Most notable, however, is the opposition among voters not affiliated with either party. Sixty-two percent (62%) of unaffiliated voters oppose the health care plan, and 51% are strongly opposed.
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Want to add!!!
May need to go past ten!!
>> Sixty-seven percent (67%) of those under 30
From one nipple to another.
Fourty two percent? With the layoffs and job losses this year, that should be close to the percentage of people who are not paying taxes...
I think more and more people might be getting fed up and disgusted with the pack of sociopaths on Capitol Hill.
We have trusted them to the point of completely ruining our country.
Good news bump!
Unruly mob in the hizzouse!
I hope they keep the angry mob strategy. It is working great.
Public schooling, and especially Marxist universities, are why we lose elections.
Ruh Roh.
I believe 42% is the hard and fast minimum democrat support that can be counted for just about anything.
There is a reason the communists always go for the young and impressionable.
Now that history is no longer taught in schools, yeah I know they still call it history, it’s far easier to bribe young people.
51% of unaffiliated voters strongly oppose.
God, please let these numbers hold until Nov 2010.
I’d say we’re within 3 weeks of Obama using our National Guard as “security” at Town Hall meetings.
There you have it. We don’t want your effing socialized medicine. But will Peloreidobam listen? Not a chance. They’re like parents struggling with a stubborn child who refuses his medicine”...you’re going to take this whether you want it or not.”
Yes of course, they view the electorate as children and themselves as the wise and benevolent parental government who knows what you need. “So just shut up, open your mouth and close your eyes! Yeah, it tastes terrible at first, but you’ll get used to it. After a while, we’ll convince you that you actually enjoy it!”
The sheeple aren’t as stupid as the Liberal Fascists think they are....
INFORM THEM OF THE FACTS, and they will always make the right decision. They lacked the facts in the 2008 elections, because the media wouldn’t tell them.
Sorry, I have to report you to logical@whitehouse.gov
No, no, the SEIU thugs insist all the opposition is manufactured and that the swastika bearing town hall protesters are being bussed in from outside the district.
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