"Democracy Corps poll shows Obama getting more popular in Republican districts"

[applegrove]

Democracy Corps poll shows Obama getting more popular in Republican districts

by Joan McCarter at the Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/28/1295315/-Democracy-Corps-poll-shows-Obamacare-getting-more-popular-in-Republican-districts

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The Republican flail over Obamacare is showing in some of their districts. The reality is that Republicans don't have anything but repeal to bring to the table, and that the law is working. What that means, according to new polling from Democracy Corps, is that the law is gaining support, even in Republican districts.

According to the findings, 43 percent of respondents in districts held by a Republican member of Congress now say they oppose the health care law because it “goes too far.” That number was 48 percent in December. Opponents still outnumber the 41 percent who say they favor the law. However, Democracy Corps also registers 9 percent of respondents in Republican districts who say they oppose the law because it does not go far enough, a group that ostensibly includes a chunk of voters who wanted a more liberal piece of legislation. (How big that chunk is, is unclear.)

In Republican districts that are the most likely to flip to Democratic control in the 2014 elections, the shift of opinion toward the Affordable Care Act is equally pronounced. Fifty-four percent of respondents from those districts now support implementing and fixing the law versus 40 percent who support repealing and replacing it. In December, those numbers were 48 percent and 44 percent, respectively.

The law is inching toward actual majority support in Democratic districts, now at 44-44 approval versus disapproval, but 8 percent disapprove of the law because it doesn't go far enough. In December, that number was 6 percent, and 42 percent were in favor with 46 percent against.



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[applegrove]

1. .

[hughee99]

2. Now that he's not running again, repukes can grudgingly admit Obama has done some good things.

I don't expect this will translate into big votes in the midterms, it may just take one repuke taking point off the table.

[lostincalifornia]

3. How about some on the left admitting that also?

[hughee99]

4. Whoa now, let's not go crazy here! n/t

[lostincalifornia]

7. I got carried away

[hughee99]

8. Wait until the next Dem is in office, and some of those same people

will fondly remember how much better Obama was.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

11. really.

Yeesh.

[applegrove]

10. LOL!

[okaawhatever]

5. K & R nt

[Cha]

6. K!

[CrispyQ]

9. I know three repubs who are thrilled about ACA.

One has a 19 year old, one has a spouse with a pre-existiing & the other I don't know the details, but freely admits that they love ACA.

[tblue37]

12. Help them to understand that they need to help keep the Senate in

Dem hands, and turn the House Dem, too, unless they want the Repubs to gain enough control to repeal it, as they've already tried to do 55 times!

[mountain grammy]

13. The Koch ads in Colorado are moronic. Loved by morons everywhere.

But I think most attack ads are moronic. And now our corrupt 5 SC justices will rule that states cannot restrict what campaign ads say, even if they lie. It's free speech, dontcha know.