Table 27.
Approval of Changes to the Healthcare System
ABC/WP: “Overall, given what you know about them, would you say you support or oppose the changes to the healthcare system that have been enacted by (Congress) and (the Obama administration)? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat?”
| 8/13/09–8/17/09 | 9/10/09– 9/12/09 |
10/15/09–10/18/09 | 11/12/09–11/15/09 | 12/10/09–12/13/09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |
| Support strongly | 27 | 30 | 26 | 30 | 25 |
| Support somewhat | 18 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 19 |
| Oppose somewhat | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Oppose strongly | 40 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 40 |
| No opinion | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| N | 1,001 | 1,007 | 1,004 | 1,001 | 1,003 |
| 1/12/10–1/15/10 | 2/04/10–2/08/10a | 3/23/10–3/26/10b | 9/30/10–10/03/10 | 12/09/10–12/12/10 | |
| % | % | % | % | % | |
| Support strongly | 22 | 22 | 32 | 26 | 22 |
| Support somewhat | 22 | 25 | 13 | 21 | 21 |
| Oppose somewhat | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 14 |
| Oppose strongly | 39 | 38 | 40 | 35 | 37 |
| No opinion | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| N | 1,083 | 1,004 | 1,000 | 1,002 | 1,001 |
| 1/13/11–1/16/11 | 3/07/12–3/10/12c | 4/05/12–4/08/12 | 7/05/12–7/08/12 | 7/18/13–7/21/13 | |
| % | % | % | % | % | |
| Support strongly | 25 | 24 | 23 | 27 | 25 |
| Support somewhat | 20 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 17 |
| Oppose somewhat | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| 1/13/11–1/16/11 | 3/07/12–3/10/12c | 4/05/12–4/08/12 | 7/05/12–7/08/12 | 7/18/13–7/21/13 | |
| % | % | % | % | % | |
| Oppose strongly | 36 | 41 | 40 | 33 | 39 |
| No opinion | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| N | 1,053 | 1,003 | 1,103 | 1,003 | 1,002 |
| 9/12/13–9/15/13 | 10/17/13–10/20/13 | 11/14/13–11/17/13 | 12/12/13–12/15/13 | 1/20/14–1/23/14 | |
| % | % | % | % | % | |
| Support strongly | 26 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 25 |
| Support somewhat | 16 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 21 |
| Oppose somewhat | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 |
| Oppose strongly | 39 | 36 | 46 | 37 | 38 |
| No opinion | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| N | 1,004 | 1,002 | 1,006 | 1,005 | 1,003 |
| 3/26/14–3/30/14 | 4/04/14–4/27/14 | 9/04/14–9/07/14 | |||
| % | % | % | |||
| Support strongly | 25 | 24 | 24 | ||
| Support somewhat | 24 | 20 | 19 | ||
| Oppose somewhat | 12 | 14 | 13 | ||
| Oppose strongly | 36 | 34 | 39 | ||
| No opinion | 3 | 8 | 5 | ||
| N | 1,017 | 1,000 | 1,001 |
a2/04/10 and prior: “proposed changes ... that are being developed by.”
b3/23/10 to 1/13/11: “Overall, given what you know about them, would you say you support or oppose the changes to the healthcare system that have been enacted by (Congress) and (the Obama Administration)?”
cAs of 3/07/12: “On another subject, overall, do you support or oppose the federal law making changes to the healthcare system? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat?”