… When you ask people about Obamacare, what they hear is you asking about Obama. As in, people are unable to separate their views about the law from their views about the president. And, in both cases — like and hate — those views are deeply held and essentially immobile. And that’s why the fact that the White House got 7 million people to sign up by the March 31 deadline isn’t likely to move the political needle much, if at all, when it comes to the November election.
“This is no longer a campaign to convince voters that the ACA is good or bad, rather it’s a battle between Democrats trying to turn out ACA supporters [versus] Republicans turning out opponents,” argued Neil Newhouse, a partner in Public Opinion Strategies, a Republican polling firm. “Intensity wins that battle, and for the last four years, intensity on this issue has been owned by the GOP.” CONT.
Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
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