National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted 14-15, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Suppose that Democrats agreed on a health care reform bill that is opposed by all Republicans in Congress. Should the Democrats pass that bill or should they change the bill to win support from a reasonable number of Republicans?

28% The Democrats should pass the bill

59% They should change the bill to win support from a reasonable number of
Republicans

13% Not sure


2* Will the health care reform plan that emerges from Congress truly be a bipartisan product, or will it mostly be what Democrats want?

18% Truly a bi-partisan product

65% Mostly what Democrats want

17% Not sure


3* Is Republican opposition due more to the actual contents of the health care reform plan or to partisan politics?

35% The actual contents of the healthcare reform plan
42% Partisan politics

23% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence