“Thanks, Obamacare???” Law’s Popularity at an All-Time Low
In the same week in which activists launched a new “Thanks Obamacare” campaign, this month’s Kaiser Family Foundation health tracking poll explains one reason for the liberal PR re-launch – the 2,700 page law is even less popular than ever. Among the results from the poll’s summary and toplines:
- Overall favorability of the law stands at 34%, an all-time low;
- The percentage of very favorable support stands at 12%, an all-time low;
- The percentage of respondents who think they personally will be better off due to the law stands at a mere 18%, an all-time low;
- The percentage of respondents who think the country as a whole will be better off due to the law stands at 28%, an all-time low;
- Approval of the law among Democrats dropped by 13% in the last month to only 52%, an all-time low.
In other words, eighteen months after Senator Schumer and others claimed that “Now that the bill is enacted, it’s going to become more and more popular,” Obamacare suffered its worst month of polling ever. It’s one more sign that the only bipartisan element of Obamacare has been the opposition to it.