Jennifer Haberkorn’s recent article in Politico, “Republican Party Eyes Choking Health Law Funding,” reveals far more about her merits as a journalist and health care “expert”, than it does about the GOP’s strategy of defunding Obamacare. In anotherwise dreary and predictable piece, one passage stands out:
Thus far, Republican efforts to repeal or defund the law have fallen largely on deaf ears. A Kaiser Family Foundation poll released Thursday found that 35 percent of the public opposes the law, down from 41 percent last month. Those who oppose the law overwhelmingly support repealing it. Support for the health care plan has hovered at about 50 percent.”
One more time, please? I may not be a journalist or a member of the juice box mafia, but this appears to me to be one of the more egregious examples of cherry picking that I’ve seen in the mainstream media in recent times.
According to Real Clear Politics’ Health Care Polling average- opposition to Obamacare is 14.8 points higher than support.
Polling Data
| Poll |
Date |
Sample |
For/Favor |
Against/Oppose |
Spread |
| RCP Average |
7/8 – 7/25 |
– |
37.0 |
51.8 |
Against/Oppose +14.8 |
| Rasmussen Reports* |
7/24 – 7/25 |
1000 LV |
37 |
58 |
Against/Oppose +21 |
| CBS News |
7/9 – 7/12 |
966 A |
36 |
49 |
Against/Oppose +13 |
| PPP (D) |
7/9 – 7/12 |
667 RV |
40 |
53 |
Against/Oppose +13 |
| Pew/National Journal |
7/8 – 7/11 |
1001 A |
35 |
47 |
Against/Oppose +12 |
Not even the Democrat firm of Public Policy Polling (PPP) shows support for Obamacare greater than its opposition. Indeed, the Kaiser Family Foundation poll is considered such an outlier that it is not even included in Real Clear Politics’ exhaustive sample of polls on the recently passed health care bill. (more…)







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