Is the Affordable Care Act the Republicans’ golden ticket in this year’s election? Some Republicans worry that their party may be placing too big a bet on it. …
Polls indicate that the Affordable Care Act continues to be unpopular, but the intensity of anger over it may be dissipating. Other issues — principally jobs and the economy — are looming as greater concerns for most voters. …
And a deeper dive into the numbers reveals another paradox. While opposition narrowly outran support for the law in a January Washington Post-ABC News poll, 49-46 percent, respondents by a much larger margin said they trusted Democrats more to handle health care, 44-35 percent. CONT.
Karen Tumulty, Washington Post
Recent polls: Health care reform