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ObamaCare Opposition Drops

Poll finds nation now evenly split on health care reform plans

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(Newser) – Opposition to President Obama's health care reform plans has plunged almost 10% in the last months, leaving the nation evenly split with 40% in favor and 40% opposed, according to the latest AP poll. Another 17% are neutral and 3% are undecided. Opposition among seniors, the group most skeptical about the reforms, has fallen 16 points to 43%.

Republicans are still solidly against the reform plans before Congress, with nearly 80% opposed. An overwhelming 82% of the 1,000 adults polled said it was very important that both parties support the plans. The president's speech to Congress and subsequent media blitz have helped win support for the plans, according to a Harvard analyst who tracks public opinion on health care."Getting more directly involved in the outcome is what people expect a president to be doing," he said.

President Obama is applauded in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington earlier this week during an address to doctors on the health care reform.
President Obama is applauded in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington earlier this week during an address to doctors on the health care reform.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Pro-reform demonstrators protest in front of Blue Cross offices in downtown San Francisco last month.
Pro-reform demonstrators protest in front of Blue Cross offices in downtown San Francisco last month.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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It's very significant that there's an upturn in support for the plans because after August there was a sense that the whole effort was beginning to decline and would not come back in terms of public support. - Harvard professor Robert Blenton

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riffran
Oct 7, 09 4:46 AM CDT
so is that poll as unbiased as the media? Reply
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odowd80
Oct 7, 09 9:00 AM CDT
Please define "the media." Yes the Associated Press has a long history of conducting unbiased and accurate polls. If you are suggesting that this poll is somehow biased, please cite your reasons.
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prowlerzee
Oct 8, 09 6:24 AM CDT
The media isn't reporting the protests from the left, because it doesn't fit the "narrative." But protesters are being arrested at multiple sites for protesting Zero's "insurance reform."
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oldgoat
Oct 7, 09 6:03 AM CDT
Which media Fox or the rest? Either way I'd say that it is safe to say that people are getting more informed and listening less to the fear tactics that the right has been ranting on. Reply
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riffran
Oct 7, 09 6:37 AM CDT
Just ask oberdork. And the abc nutwork. And Dan blather. And most definately the top three talk sshows rush hannity and beck are biased admittedly. So I don't think this poll is anything to get exited or bummed about.
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