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Polling Numbers for Health Care Legislation (Obamacare)

Last Updated: 3/22/10

Do you favor/oppose the current health care bill?

Some of the polls included in the average may be outdated since the latest poll for each of the pollsters are averaged in.

Pollster	Date	Favor	Oppose
AVERAGE		41.2%	49.6%
CNN	3/19-21/10	39	59
Fox News	3/16-17/10	35	55
Kaiser Family Foundation	3/10-15/10	46	42
NBC Wall Street Journal	3/11,13-14/10	36	48
AP GFK Poll	3/3-8/10	41	43
Ipsos McClatchy	2/26-28/10	41	47
Pew Research Poll	2/3-9/10	38	50
Quinnipiac University	2/2-8/10	35	54
ABC	2/4-8/10	47	49
USA Today Gallup Poll	1/8-10/10	49	46
Rasmussen Reports	1/3/10	42	52
CNN	12/16-20/09	42	56
CBS	11/13-16/09	40	45
CNN	11/13-15/09	46	49

Question Wording by Pollster

CNN

MARCH: "As you may know, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate are trying to pass final legislation that would make major changes in the country's health care system. Based on what you have read or heard about that legislation, do you generally favor it or generally oppose it?" .... JAN: "As you may know, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed bills that would make major changes in the country's health care system. Based on what you have read or heard about those bills, do you generally favor them or generally oppose them?"

Fox News

"Based on what you know about the health care reform legislation being considered right now, do you favor or oppose the plan?"

Kaiser Family Foundation

"As of right now, do you generally support or generally oppose the health care proposals being discussed in Congress? ... Is that strongly support/oppose or somewhat support/oppose?"

NBC Wall Street Journal

"From what you have heard about Barack Obama's health care plan, do you think his plan is a good idea or a bad idea? If you do not have an opinion either way, please just say so."

AP GFK Poll

"In general, do you support, oppose or neither support nor oppose the health care reform plans being discussed in Congress?"

Ipsos McClatchy

"As of right now, do you favor or oppose the health care reform proposals presently being discussed?"

Pew Research Poll

"As of right now, do you generally favor or generally oppose the health care proposals being discussed in Congress?"

Quinnipiac University

From what you've heard or read, do you mostly approve or mostly disapprove of the proposed changes to the health care system under consideration in Congress? Source

ABC

"Overall, given what you know about them, would you say you support or oppose the proposed changes to the health care system being developed by Congress and the Obama administration? ... Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat?"

USA Today Gallup Poll

"Thinking about health care legislation now being considered by Congress: Would you advise your member of Congress to vote for or against a health care bill this year, or do you not have an opinion?" If no opinion: "As of today, would you say you lean more toward advising your member of Congress to vote for a health care bill, or lean more toward advising your member of Congress to vote against a health care bill?"

CNN

"As you may know, the U.S. Senate is considering a bill that would make major changes in the country's health care system. Based on what you have read or heard about that bill, do you generally favor it or generally oppose it?"

CBS

"From what you've heard or read, do you mostly approve or mostly disapprove of the proposed changes to the health care system under consideration in Congress?"

CNN

"As you may know, the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would make major changes in the country's health care system. Based on what you have heard or read about that bill, do you generally favor it or generally oppose it?"

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