Poll: Health Care Repeal Sought by Democrats

There's a reason you're not hearing a lot of Democrats campaigning on health care reform.

Not only is it unpopular with Republicans, but a new poll by The Hill/ANGA shows a significant chunk of Democrats want it repealed, as well.

The poll found a majority of voters in key battleground districts want a repeal of the law, including more than one in four Democrats in one particular district, and nearly 50 percent of Democrats want it gone in another.

From The Hill:

President Obama predicted in the spring that the new law would become popular as people learned more about it. But the poll shows Republicans strongly oppose it, independents are wary of it and a surprising number of Democrats also want it overturned.

[Mark Penn, who led Penn Schoen Berlands polling team] said, I was most surprised at the strong discontent with health care [reform]. I thought that there was continued discontent but that it had moderated from what were seeing in these districts.

He added, Most people actually favor repeal of the health care legislation, and that included 54 percent of the independents. So outside of the Democratic Party, health care legislation has come out as a net negative.

The Hill/ANGA poll surveyed 4,809 likely voters via phone interviews from Sept. 25 through Sept. 30 in 12 competitive congressional districts. The margin of error was plus or minus 1.4 percent.

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