Table 15.

Approval of Healthcare Bill Being Debated in Congress

Pew: “As of right now, do you generally favor or generally oppose the healthcare bills being discussed in Congress?”

	7/22/09– 7/26/09	8/20/09–8/27/09	9/10/09–9/15/09	9/30/09–10/04/09	10/28/09–11/08/09
	%	%	%	%	%
Generally favor	38	39	42	34	38
Generally oppose	44	46	44	47	47
Don’t know/Refused	18	15	14	19	15
N	1,506	2,003	1,006	1,500	2,000
	11/12/09– 11/15/09	12/09/09–12/13/09a	1/06/10–1/10/10	2/03/10–2/09/10	3/10/10–3/14/10
	%	%	%	%	%
Generally favor	42	35	39	38	38
Generally oppose	39	48	48	50	48
Don’t know/Refused	19	17	13	12	13
N	1,003	1,504	1,504	1,383	1,500
	3/11/10– 3/21/10
	%
Generally favor	40
Generally oppose	47
Don’t know/Refused	13
N	2,505

^aPrior to January 2010, the question asked about “healthcare proposals” rather than “healthcare bills.”