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While there is little partisan difference overall in reactions to this proposed Medicare change, there is a distinct partisan divide among the very attentive. Democrats who have heard a lot about the proposal are far more likely to oppose it (69% vs. 38% of Democrats who have heard little or nothing). Similarly, independents who have heard a lot about this proposal are significantly more likely to oppose it than those who have not (51% vs. 37%). However, Republicans who have heard a lot about the proposal, if anything, are more likely to support it.

"Very attentive?" That's one way of looking at it. But listening to TV, radio, etc., can be an opportunity for brainwashing from both sides. If those over 55 think they would get the same deal as those under 55, they may have "heard a lot" but they don't understand.

However, there is real opposition to Ryancare, which could put Pelosi and Obama back in business in 2012, if the GOP just drifts along until then.

RE:“Very attentive?” That's one way of looking at it. But listening to TV, radio, etc., can be an opportunity for brainwashing from both sides. If those over 55 think they would get the same deal as those under 55, they may have “heard a lot” but they don't understand. “

I outlined the other problem case, Suppose the voter 57 first hears about the Ryan plan and is terrified of having to find a private insurer that will insure him for a price he can afford after retirement. And maybe he is uninsured now and his Mom is on medicare requiring all types of treatments he knows about.

But then he sees Ryan on FNC explain that the first people affected are those under 55 right now and he is relieved that it is not him. Does he suddenly support it now knowing he hated it when he thought it was him? If he flips and supports it now that he knows he is protected from it and will get HIS bills paid is that taking the moral high ground?

The further people are away from retirement the less they care about what will happen when they retire. But those in their 50s are in that age when they can both see their own parents problems and visualize their own requirement,