Rasmussen Reports tells us the current state of public opinion on
health care--stable, but still opposed. Explains
Rasmussen Reports:
As August winds down, the good news for President Obama and
congressional Democrats is that support for their proposed
health care legislation has stopped falling. The bad news is
that most voters oppose the plan.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey show
that 43% of voters nationwide favor the plan working its way
through Congress while 53% are opposed. Those figures are
virtually identical to results from
two weeks ago.
As has been true since the debate began, those opposed to the
congressional overhaul feel more strongly about the legislation
than supporters. Forty-three percent (43%) now Strongly Oppose
the legislation while 23% Strongly Favor it. Those figures,
too, are similar to results from earlier in August.
About the Author
Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and the Senior Fellow in International Religious Persecution at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (Crossway).
