Toplines - Bipartisan Health Care - March 3-4, 2010
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| National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted March 3-4, 2010 By Rasmssuen Reports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Political Class Index (without leaners) | Political Class Index | Political Class Index (with leaners) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $20K | $20K-$40K | $40K-$60K | $60K-$75K | $75K-$100K | $100K+ | Mainstream | Political Class | Other | Mainstream | Lean Mainstream | Neutral | Lean Political Class | Political Class | Mainstream | Political Class | Other | ||
| Closely Followed Recent New Stories About Healthcare Debate? | Very closely | 59% | 71% | 48% | 45% | 49% | 65% | 70% | 63% | 61% | 33% | 71% | 70% | 49% | 60% | 71% | 51% | 49% | 5% | 57% | 44% | 70% | 60% | 61% | 71% | 63% | 58% | 51% | 63% | 57% | 42% | 48% | 58% | 62% | 51% | 42% |
| Somewhat closely | 30% | 21% | 38% | 18% | 46% | 28% | 24% | 27% | 29% | 42% | 26% | 24% | 38% | 26% | 22% | 39% | 39% | 4% | 24% | 44% | 19% | 33% | 37% | 24% | 27% | 39% | 34% | 27% | 31% | 38% | 36% | 39% | 28% | 37% | 38% | |
| Not very closely | 9% | 7% | 10% | 29% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 9% | 14% | 1% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 5% | 8% | 12% | 53% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 2% | 11% | 8% | 5% | 17% | 15% | 2% | 8% | 11% | 17% | |
| Not at all | 2% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 11% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 39% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | |
| Not sure | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 3% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Political Class Index (without leaners) | Political Class Index | Political Class Index (with leaners) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $20K | $20K-$40K | $40K-$60K | $60K-$75K | $75K-$100K | $100K+ | Mainstream | Political Class | Other | Mainstream | Lean Mainstream | Neutral | Lean Political Class | Political Class | Mainstream | Political Class | Other | ||
| Should Dems Pass Bill As Is or Change to Get Support of GOP? | Democrats should pass that bill | 31% | 30% | 32% | 34% | 31% | 25% | 31% | 34% | 26% | 66% | 34% | 13% | 53% | 24% | 13% | 44% | 57% | 38% | 33% | 31% | 25% | 28% | 30% | 35% | 22% | 82% | 44% | 22% | 35% | 45% | 62% | 82% | 25% | 69% | 45% |
| Democrats should change the bill to win support from a reasonable number of Republicans | 60% | 62% | 59% | 49% | 67% | 69% | 59% | 56% | 66% | 18% | 59% | 82% | 38% | 63% | 79% | 48% | 37% | 25% | 55% | 58% | 66% | 67% | 64% | 63% | 70% | 17% | 46% | 70% | 55% | 36% | 36% | 17% | 67% | 30% | 36% | |
| Not sure | 9% | 8% | 9% | 17% | 2% | 6% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 15% | 7% | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 5% | 37% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 5% | 6% | 2% | 8% | 1% | 11% | 8% | 10% | 19% | 2% | 1% | 8% | 2% | 19% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Political Class Index (without leaners) | Political Class Index | Political Class Index (with leaners) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $20K | $20K-$40K | $40K-$60K | $60K-$75K | $75K-$100K | $100K+ | Mainstream | Political Class | Other | Mainstream | Lean Mainstream | Neutral | Lean Political Class | Political Class | Mainstream | Political Class | Other | ||
| Healthcare Bill That Emerges Will Be.... | It will truly be a bipartisan product | 18% | 18% | 18% | 23% | 13% | 21% | 18% | 20% | 15% | 25% | 32% | 12% | 26% | 15% | 14% | 22% | 27% | 0% | 36% | 19% | 15% | 17% | 15% | 13% | 15% | 38% | 22% | 15% | 20% | 14% | 36% | 38% | 16% | 36% | 14% |
| It will mostly be what Democrats want | 64% | 71% | 57% | 46% | 63% | 65% | 72% | 63% | 70% | 32% | 50% | 83% | 43% | 67% | 81% | 52% | 47% | 6% | 42% | 56% | 76% | 73% | 72% | 71% | 75% | 25% | 46% | 75% | 54% | 39% | 36% | 25% | 70% | 32% | 39% | |
| Not sure | 18% | 11% | 25% | 31% | 24% | 14% | 10% | 17% | 15% | 43% | 17% | 5% | 31% | 18% | 6% | 26% | 27% | 94% | 22% | 25% | 10% | 10% | 13% | 16% | 10% | 37% | 32% | 10% | 26% | 47% | 28% | 37% | 14% | 31% | 47% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Political Class Index (without leaners) | Political Class Index | Political Class Index (with leaners) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $20K | $20K-$40K | $40K-$60K | $60K-$75K | $75K-$100K | $100K+ | Mainstream | Political Class | Other | Mainstream | Lean Mainstream | Neutral | Lean Political Class | Political Class | Mainstream | Political Class | Other | ||
| GOP Opposition to Plan is Due to.... | Actual contents of health care reform plan | 31% | 38% | 24% | 23% | 32% | 40% | 30% | 28% | 36% | 8% | 18% | 48% | 14% | 33% | 48% | 19% | 10% | 0% | 19% | 19% | 38% | 42% | 41% | 33% | 35% | 19% | 23% | 35% | 27% | 16% | 24% | 19% | 33% | 22% | 16% |
| Partisan politics | 46% | 47% | 44% | 43% | 50% | 39% | 47% | 43% | 44% | 39% | 63% | 33% | 56% | 46% | 30% | 56% | 77% | 2% | 46% | 50% | 45% | 39% | 48% | 50% | 44% | 76% | 45% | 44% | 40% | 42% | 61% | 76% | 43% | 66% | 42% | |
| Not sure | 24% | 15% | 31% | 34% | 18% | 21% | 22% | 29% | 20% | 53% | 18% | 19% | 30% | 21% | 22% | 25% | 13% | 98% | 35% | 31% | 17% | 18% | 12% | 18% | 21% | 5% | 31% | 21% | 33% | 42% | 16% | 5% | 23% | 12% | 42% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Political Class Index (without leaners) | Political Class Index | Political Class Index (with leaners) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $20K | $20K-$40K | $40K-$60K | $60K-$75K | $75K-$100K | $100K+ | Mainstream | Political Class | Other | Mainstream | Lean Mainstream | Neutral | Lean Political Class | Political Class | Mainstream | Political Class | Other | ||
| For Healthcare Plan it is Better to.... | Build on the health care plan that has been working its way through the House and Senate | 37% | 35% | 39% | 33% | 32% | 37% | 41% | 43% | 34% | 54% | 45% | 11% | 66% | 31% | 14% | 52% | 71% | 56% | 42% | 37% | 37% | 30% | 28% | 43% | 28% | 90% | 50% | 28% | 41% | 45% | 76% | 90% | 31% | 80% | 45% |
| Congress should scrap that plan and start all over again | 55% | 59% | 52% | 49% | 59% | 61% | 54% | 52% | 59% | 29% | 54% | 85% | 25% | 59% | 83% | 36% | 22% | 5% | 46% | 53% | 61% | 65% | 63% | 55% | 65% | 10% | 39% | 65% | 55% | 22% | 23% | 10% | 63% | 19% | 22% | |
| Not sure | 8% | 6% | 9% | 17% | 9% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 17% | 2% | 4% | 9% | 10% | 3% | 12% | 7% | 39% | 11% | 10% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 2% | 6% | 0% | 11% | 6% | 4% | 33% | 2% | 0% | 6% | 1% | 33% | |
