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Fred Sanders

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Fri Aug 24, 2018, 02:05 PM Aug 2018

The August 22 Fox poll has a ton of bad news in it, e.g. Lowest approval of Paul Ryan, ever... [View all]

but here is a nugget of far greater relevance:

Who's scared of socialism? Apparently not Americans, much.*


Questions 36-41 are held for future release.

Changing subjects…

42. In general, do you favor or oppose the U.S. moving to a national single-payer health plan, often called Medicare for all?

Favor Oppose (Don’t know) 19-21 Aug 18 46% 31 23

43. Do you think it is the responsibility of the federal government to make sure all Americans have affordable health care, or is that not the responsibility of the government?

Yes, it is the responsibility of the federal government - No, it isn’t (Don’t know) 19-21 Aug 18 63% 30 N 7 NA

For reference: Do you think it is the responsibility of the federal government to make sure that all Americans have health care, or is that not the responsibility of the federal government?

24-26 Sep 17 52% 43 4 15-18 Jan 17 56% 41 3 21-22 Jul 09 51% 46 4 17-18 Feb 09 66% 33 2

*44. Do you think it would be a good thing or a bad thing for the United States to move away from capitalism and more toward socialism?

Good thing Bad thing (Don’t know) 19-21 Aug 18 36% 51 13 5-7

Aug 2012 20% 64 16

27-28 Jul 2010 18% 69 13

27-28 Jan 2009 23% 65 12

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https://www.scribd.com/document/386839782/Fox-August-2018-Naitonal-Topline-August-22-Release

Mirror of Fox question:

Do you think it would be a good thing or a bad thing for the United States to move away from capitalism and more toward socialism?


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Good thing
2 (67%)
Bad thing
1 (33%)
Don't know
0 (0%)
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