Massachusetts

46% in Massachusetts Want Supreme Court to Overturn Health Care Law

Massachusetts voters continue to send mixed signals about their state's law mandating health insurance for all and are evenly divided over whether the U.S. Supreme Court should overturn President Obama's law modeled in part on the Massachusetts plan.

A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Massachusetts finds that 44% believe the state's health care reform plan has been a success. Thirty-one percent (31%) say the plan, passed while likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was governor, has been a failure. One-in four (24%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

This Massachusetts survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted April 9, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Fieldwork for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

48% in Massachusetts Consider State's Health Care Reform A Success

More Massachusetts voters now think health care reform in the state has been successful, but just as many favor repeal of the national health care law passed into law two years ago.

A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Massachusetts Voters finds that 48% say health care reform in the Bay State has been a success. That's up from 26% in June 2009.  Twenty-eight percent (28%) think the reform effort has been a failure, down from 37% in the earlier survey. Almost as many (23%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

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The survey of 500 Likely Voters in Massachusetts was conducted on February 29, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

70% in Massachusetts Favor Ban on Public Benefits For Illegal Immigrants

Seventy percent (70%) of Massachusetts voters favor a proposal recently rejected by the state legislature that would stop illegal immigrants from receiving public benefits.

Massachusetts Voters Like Offshore Drilling But Not Off Their State

Voters in Massachusetts strongly favor the resumption of offshore oil drilling, but they have mixed feelings about allowing it off the coast of their own state.

70% in Massachusetts Approve of Scott Brown’s Job Performance

Seventy percent (70%) of Massachusetts voters approve so far of new Republican Senator Scott Brown’s job performance, including 30% who Strongly Approve..

In Massachusetts, 32% Consider State’s Health Care Reform a Success

In 2006, Massachusetts implemented its own statewide version of health care reform and 32% of the state’s voters consider that reform a success. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the Bay State finds that 36% consider the plan a failure and another 32% are not sure.

53% of Massachusetts Voters Favor Congressional Health Care Plan

Fifty-three percent (53%) of Massachusetts voters favor the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey finds that 45% are opposed.

52% in Massachusetts Favor Kennedy’s Request for Interim Replacement

Fifty-two percent (52%) of Massachusetts voters agree with terminally ill Senator Edward M. Kennedy that the governor should name an interim senator to take his place until a special election can be held.

Massachusetts: 26% Consider State’s Health Care Reform a Success

Twenty-six percent (26%) of Massachusetts voters say their state’s health care reform effort has been a success. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds that 37% say the reform effort has been a failure, while another 37% are not sure.

Only 33% in Massachusetts Favor Incumbent Governor in 2010

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, embroiled in a budget crisis like many state chief executives these days, may need to be thinking about another line of work.

37% of Massachusetts Voters Say Kennedy Should Retire

Thirty-seven percent (37%) of Massachusetts voters say terminally-ill Senator Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy should retire from the Senate, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state.

40% of Massachusetts Voters Say State’s Heath Care Model would be Good for U.S.

Even though half of Massachusetts voters say that the quality of healthcare in their state has stayed the same since enacting a universal healthcare bill, only 40% say using the system as a model would be good for the rest of the country.