Obamacare Strikes Out with Voters — Again
Last night, voters in the critical bellwether state of Ohio sent a clear message to the Administration regarding Obamacare. Voters in the state approved a constitutional amendment designed to allow individuals to choose their own health care without being subjected to diktats from bureaucrats, in Washington or elsewhere. This amendment against Obamacare’s individual mandate passed overwhelmingly – at press time, the amendment had nearly 66% support, and more than 2.1 million votes in favor. (Final results will be available here.)
While clearly decisive, the Ohio result was entirely unsurprising. A ballot initiative in Missouri (another swing state) last year passed with an even higher 71% margin, and received significant Democrat support in the process. And even former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean has admitted that “the American people aren’t going to put up with a mandate.”
The Ohio results come as polling shows that approval ratings surrounding the law – never popular with a majority of voters – has fallen even further, to an all-time low. When it comes to the entire 2700-page law, or its unprecedented and constitutionally dubious mandate for all individuals to purchase health coverage, Tuesday’s result further illustrates that the only thing bipartisan about Obamacare has been the opposition to it.