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VOTERS REVOLT AGAINST MANDATES WITHOUT PUBLIC OPTION
Public option: 59% to 31%.
Mandates without public option: 33% to 56%.
Voters overwhelmingly say Obama didn't fight Lieberman hard enough: 63% to 29%.
This Research 2000 National Poll was conducted for the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy for America from Dec. 16 through Dec. 17, 2009. A total of 800 likely voters were interviewed by telephone. Margin of error is 3.5% overall.
(Research 2000 also does polling for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Lexington Herald-Leader, Fort Wayne News Sentinel, South Bend Tribune, and Reno Gazette-Journal.)
| PUBLIC OPTION | |||
| Would you favor or oppose creating a public health insurance option administered by the federal government that would compete with plans offered by private health insurance companies? (Wording of CNN poll) | |||
| FAVOR | OPPOSE | NOT SURE | |
| ALL | 59% | 31% | 10% |
| Men | 54% | 36% | 10% |
| Women | 64% | 26% | 10% |
| Democrats | 88% | 9% | 3% |
| Republicans | 24% | 64% | 12% |
| Independents | 57% | 29% | 14% |
| Other | 56% | 31% | 13% |
| White | 54% | 39% | 7% |
| Black | 77% | 7% | 16% |
| Latino | 68% | 13% | 19% |
| Other | 71% | 12% | 17% |
| 18-29 | 72% | 21% | 7% |
| 30-44 | 51% | 37% | 12% |
| 45-59 | 67% | 23% | 10% |
| 60+ | 49% | 42% | 9% |
| Northeast | 73% | 17% | 10% |
| South | 45% | 43% | 12% |
| Midwest | 62% | 29% | 9% |
| West | 61% | 31% | 8% |
| PUBLIC OPTION + MEDICARE BUY-IN | |||
| If Congress proposed passing a strong public health insurance option PLUS allowing people age 55 to 64 to buy into Medicare, would you favor or oppose this idea? | |||
| FAVOR | OPPOSE | NOT SURE | |
| ALL | 58% | 31% | 11% |
| Men | 52% | 38% | 10% |
| Women | 64% | 24% | 12% |
| Democrats | 88% | 8% | 4% |
| Republicans | 22% | 69% | 9% |
| Independents | 57% | 27% | 16% |
| Other | 52% | 30% | 18% |
| White | 52% | 40% | 8% |
| Black | 81% | 6% | 13% |
| Latino | 69% | 10% | 21% |
| Other | 73% | 7% | 20% |
| 18-29 | 74% | 18% | 8% |
| 30-44 | 49% | 39% | 12% |
| 45-59 | 67% | 22% | 11% |
| 60+ | 47% | 42% | 11% |
| Northeast | 72% | 14% | 14% |
| South | 44% | 45% | 11% |
| Midwest | 61% | 30% | 9% |
| West | 60% | 30% | 10% |
| MANDATE | |||
| Would you favor or oppose requiring all Americans to buy health insurance -- the so-called mandate -- even if they find insurance too expensive or do not want it? | |||
| FAVOR | OPPOSE | NOT SURE | |
| ALL | 38% | 51% | 11% |
| Men | 36% | 54% | 10% |
| Women | 40% | 48% | 12% |
| Democrats | 52% | 35% | 13% |
| Republicans | 27% | 64% | 9% |
| Independents | 34% | 55% | 11% |
| Other | 32% | 58% | 10% |
| White | 33% | 57% | 10% |
| Black | 55% | 32% | 13% |
| Latino | 47% | 38% | 15% |
| Other | 49% | 36% | 15% |
| 18-29 | 42% | 47% | 11% |
| 30-44 | 38% | 52% | 10% |
| 45-59 | 40% | 49% | 11% |
| 60+ | 36% | 53% | 11% |
| Northeast | 44% | 46% | 10% |
| South | 36% | 56% | 8% |
| Midwest | 38% | 51% | 11% |
| West | 38% | 49% | 13% |
| MANDATE, NO PUBLIC OPTION/MEDICARE | |||
| Would you favor or oppose a health care bill that does NOT include a public health insurance option and does NOT expand Medicare, but DOES require all Americans to get health insurance? | |||
| FAVOR | OPPOSE | NOT SURE | |
| ALL | 33% | 56% | 11% |
| Men | 35% | 53% | 12% |
| Women | 31% | 59% | 10% |
| Democrats | 37% | 51% | 12% |
| Republicans | 30% | 61% | 9% |
| Independents | 31% | 57% | 12% |
| Other | 31% | 59% | 10% |
| White | 32% | 58% | 10% |
| Black | 36% | 52% | 12% |
| Latino | 32% | 54% | 14% |
| Other | 33% | 53% | 14% |
| 18-29 | 38% | 52% | 10% |
| 30-44 | 32% | 57% | 11% |
| 45-59 | 35% | 54% | 11% |
| 60+ | 29% | 59% | 12% |
| Northeast | 39% | 52% | 9% |
| South | 30% | 60% | 10% |
| Midwest | 32% | 56% | 12% |
| West | 34% | 55% | 11% |
| SUBSIDIES, NO MANDATE | |||
| Would you favor or oppose a health care bill that does NOT include a public health insurance option and does NOT expand Medicare and does NOT require all Americans to buy health insurance -- but DOES provide significant subsidies to low- and middle-income families to help them buy insurance? | |||
| FAVOR | OPPOSE | NOT SURE | |
| ALL | 42% | 46% | 12% |
| Men | 39% | 50% | 11% |
| Women | 45% | 42% | 13% |
| Democrats | 54% | 37% | 9% |
| Republicans | 25% | 60% | 15% |
| Independents | 43% | 45% | 12% |
| Other | 40% | 47% | 13% |
| White | 37% | 52% | 11% |
| Black | 57% | 28% | 15% |
| Latino | 54% | 31% | 15% |
| Other | 55% | 31% | 14% |
| 18-29 | 48% | 40% | 12% |
| 30-44 | 39% | 49% | 12% |
| 45-59 | 44% | 44% | 12% |
| 60+ | 37% | 50% | 13% |
| Northeast | 51% | 38% | 11% |
| South | 34% | 54% | 12% |
| Midwest | 43% | 45% | 12% |
| West | 44% | 44% | 12% |
| WHITE HOUSE TALKING POINT -- "PROVIDES?" | |||
| If the government requires 30 million uninsured Americans to buy health insurance, and gives subsidies to some Americans to help them afford this insurance, would it be accurate to say this plan, quote, "PROVIDES" 30 million Americans with health insurance? | |||
| YES | NO | NOT SURE | |
| ALL | 36% | 48% | 16% |
| Men | 35% | 50% | 15% |
| Women | 37% | 46% | 17% |
| Democrats | 42% | 40% | 18% |
| Republicans | 32% | 53% | 15% |
| Independents | 34% | 50% | 16% |
| Other | 33% | 52% | 15% |
| White | 35% | 50% | 15% |
| Black | 41% | 41% | 18% |
| Latino | 37% | 46% | 17% |
| Other | 37% | 45% | 18% |
| 18-29 | 40% | 45% | 15% |
| 30-44 | 34% | 50% | 16% |
| 45-59 | 37% | 47% | 16% |
| 60+ | 35% | 49% | 16% |
| Northeast | 41% | 43% | 16% |
| South | 32% | 53% | 15% |
| Midwest | 36% | 48% | 16% |
| West | 37% | 47% | 16% |
| OBAMA VS. LIEBERMAN | |||
| President Obama has said he favors a public health insurance option. Senator Joe Lieberman is widely credited with forcing Senate Democrats to take the public option off the table in order to win his vote. Do you think President Obama should have done more to pressure Lieberman to allow the public option to move forward? | |||
| YES | NO | NOT SURE | |
| ALL | 63% | 29% | 8% |
| Men | 59% | 34% | 7% |
| Women | 67% | 24% | 9% |
| Democrats | 87% | 10% | 3% |
| Republicans | 13% | 76% | 11% |
| Independents | 72% | 18% | 10% |
| Other | 69% | 21% | 10% |
| White | 56% | 37% | 7% |
| Black | 86% | 7% | 7% |
| Latino | 80% | 9% | 11% |
| Other | 82% | 9% | 9% |
| 18-29 | 68% | 23% | 9% |
| 30-44 | 61% | 32% | 7% |
| 45-59 | 65% | 27% | 8% |
| 60+ | 59% | 33% | 8% |
| Northeast | 81% | 12% | 7% |
| South | 44% | 47% | 9% |
| Midwest | 67% | 25% | 8% |
| West | 67% | 26% | 7% |
| SAMPLE FIGURES | |||
| Men | 385 (48%) | ||
| Women | 415 (52%) | ||
| Democrats | 254 (32%) | ||
| Republicans | 185 (23%) | ||
| Independents | 274 (34%) | ||
| Other | 87 (11%) | ||
| White | 586 (73%) | ||
| Black | 103 (13%) | ||
| Latino | 95 (12%) | ||
| Other | 16 (2%) | ||
| 18-29 | 142 (18%) | ||
| 30-44 | 265 (33%) | ||
| 45-59 | 231 (29%) | ||
| 60+ | 162 (20%) | ||
| Northeast | 167 (21%) | ||
| South | 241 (30%) | ||
| Midwest | 216 (27%) | ||
| West | 176 (22%) | ||