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A new poll show that voters don’t plan on placing democrats in power for the upcoming Congress election. The national survey of 584 registered voters conducted by Public Policy Polling shows that Republicans currently have a generic ballot advantage of 43 percent to 40 percent in races for Congress.
Voters were asked whether the would place their vote for a Democrat or Republic congressional leader and 43 percent said they would vote red while 38 percent said they would support blue. Once the health bill became a factor the number only shifted slightly with 40 percent of voters saying they would get behind the Democratic candidate.
The poll suggest that Americans really don’t care what the outcome of the health bill. They don’t intend to vote for Democrats.
Obama’s struggle with healthcare reform was first most challenging among chamber walls but has spilled out into the public with fewer Americans backing his plan. He had hoped to make medical insurance more affordable by forcing insurance companies to follow more laws.
There are many speculations as to why voters don’t want his plan passed. Administration leaders hoped to get something passed quickly; then they would sell the plan to the public. But the delay in Congressional proceedings dampened the public’s post-election enthusiasm for reform while allowing opponents to mount a counterattack.
“By September, polls showed that a majority of people did not support it,” said Robert J. Blendon, professor of health policy and political analysis at the Harvard School of Public Health. Prof. Blendon says the the longer you drag on the issues, the more opposition builds.”
Other factors the public doesn’t seem to like is the size of the bill. The more than 2,000 page health bill has left voters confused and many have lost sight of the purpose of the bill.
President Obama is not giving up on providing Americans with more affordable health insurance. Obama is urging Congress: “Don’t walk away from reform. Not now. Not when we are so close.”
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