Congressional Democrats and the White House may be
breathing a sigh of relief as a new poll shows that support for repeal of
Obamacare has not significantly increased among any major group except
Republicans and working-class whites since July.
The United Technologies/National Journal Congressional
Connection poll found that the impact of the disastrous rollout of the
Affordable Care Act has had very little political impact.
According to the National Journal, the survey results do
contain some clear warning signs for Democrats. One is minorities’ support for
the ACA, which has dipped well below their 80 percent backing for Obama in
2012.
More importantly, 55 percent of independents said in the
poll that Obamacare is fundamentally flawed while only 42 percent said it
should be maintained and will eventually improve the health care system. Just
36 percent of white independents expect the law to generate net benefits; 61
percent said they consider it fundamentally flawed.
Yet, despite mess surrounding the healthcare.gov website
and millions of policy cancellations across the country, the poll found little
increase in support to repeal the law since the last UT/NJ survey in July.
Thirty-eight percent of those polled said Congress should
“repeal the law so it is not implemented at all,” according to NJ’s
Ron Brownstein while 35 percent said lawmakers should “wait and see how
things go before making any changes.” Another 23 percent said Congress
should “provide more money to ensure it is implemented effectively”
(the remaining 5 percent had no opinion).
In July, those numbers indicated that 36 percent
supported repeal, 30 percent wanted Congress to wait and see, and 27 percent
wanted lawmakers to provide more funds for implementation. In the four months
since then, almost all major subgroups of the population have maintained a
steady opinion.

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