President Barack Obama is urging Democratic candidates to defend the health-care law in this year’s elections and turn it into a winning issue. Despite some progress, they’ve got a long way to go. Fifty-three percent of Americans oppose the law, even as the proportion of those saying it should be […] Read more »
Obama Popularity Hits Low in Poll After Prisoner Exchange
President Barack Obama’s favorability ratings hit the lowest point of his presidency in a Bloomberg National Poll, with just 44 percent of Americans saying they have positive feelings about him. That drop in personal popularity has become a broader drag on the public’s perception of his performance in office. CONT. […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters regret ObamaCare, say country is worse off under new law
The scandal surrounding the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system isn’t making Americans feel more confident about ObamaCare, a just released Fox News Poll finds. Less than a third of voters believes that the government will do a better job with ObamaCare than the VA did managing care for […] Read more »
Public Opinion on the ‘4s’ Through Recent History
Now that we are firmly ensconced in the summer of 2014, it is a good time to take stock of what was on the American public’s mind 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 years ago — in the early summer of previous years ending in “4” going back to […] Read more »
Impact of the ACA on the 2014 Congressional Elections
Despite the varying news climate over time, attitudes about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have been remarkably stable. National surveys from NBC/WSJ, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Washington Post-ABC News consistently show that voters have a net negative opinion about the health care law regardless of the scale used to measure […] Read more »
Uninsured Rate Holds Steady at 13.4%
The uninsured rate for U.S. adults appears to be leveling off since the open enrollment period for buying health insurance coverage through the marketplace ended in mid-April. The uninsured rate so far in the second quarter of 2014 is 13.4%, with the rate in April and May as individual months […] Read more »