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Interviews with 1,014 adult Americans, including 928 registered voters, conducted by telephone by Opinion Research Corporation on November 13-15, 2009. The margin of sampling error for results based on the total sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points and for registered voters is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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14. Now thinking specifically about the health insurance plans available to most Americans, would you favor or oppose creating a public health insurance option administered by the federal government that would compete with plans offered by private health insurance companies?
Nov. 13-15 Oct. 30-Nov. 1 Oct. 16-18 Aug. 28-31
2009 2009 2009 2009
Favor 56% 55% 61% 55%
Oppose 42% 44% 38% 41%
No opinion 2% 1% 1% 4%
15. Would you favor or oppose that plan if state governments were able to decide that the public health insurance option administered by the federal government would not apply to all people living in those states?
Nov. 13-15
2009
Favor 28%
Oppose 66%
No opinion 5%
16. Now here are a few provisions in the health care bill passed by the U.S. House. Please tell me whether you favor or oppose each one. (RANDOM ORDER) (ASKED OF HALF SAMPLE. RESULTS BASED ON 501 INTERVIEWS IN VERSION A. SAMPLING ERROR: +/- 4.5 PERCENTAGE POINTS.)
Favor Oppose No Opinion
Requiring all Americans who do not have
health insurance to get it
November 13-15, 2009 49% 49% 1%
Requiring all large and mid-sized
businesses to provide health insurance
for their employees
November 13-15, 2009 73% 25% 2%
Reducing federal spending on Medicare
managed care programs
November 13-15, 2009 30% 66% 3%
Preventing health insurance companies from
dropping coverage for people who
become seriously ill
November 13-15, 2009 60% 39% *
Providing subsidies to families that make
less than $88,000 a year
to help them purchase health insurance
November 13-15, 2009 67% 32% 1%
16. Now here are a few provisions in the health care bill passed by the U.S. House. Please tell me whether you favor or oppose each one. (RANDOM ORDER) (ASKED OF HALF SAMPLE. RESULTS BASED ON 513 INTERVIEWS IN VERSION B. SAMPLING ERROR: +/- 4.5 PERCENTAGE POINTS.)
Favor Oppose No Opinion
Preventing health insurance companies from
denying coverage to people with
pre-existing conditions
November 13-15, 2009 60% 40% 1%
Expanding the federal program known
as Medicaid to provide health care to
more low-income Americans
November 13-15, 2009 75% 25% *
Raising taxes on individuals who make more
than $500,000 dollars a year or
families that make more than one million
dollars a year to pay for providing health
care to low-income Americans
November 13-15, 2009 67% 32% 1%
Prevent illegal immigrants from receiving
any federal money to purchase
health insurance.
November 13-15, 2009 70% 30% 1%
17. As you may know, the filibuster is a Senate procedure which has been used to prevent the Senate from passing controversial legislation or confirming controversial appointments by the President, even if a majority of senators support that action. A vote of at least sixty senators out of one hundred is needed to end a filibuster. Do you favor or oppose the use of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate?
Nov. 13-15
2009
Favor 56%
Oppose 39%
No opinion 5%
CNN/USA TODAY/GALLUP TREND
Favor
Oppose
Not sure
Apr 29-May 1, 2005
52
40
8
20. As you may know, nearly every Republican in the U.S. House voted against the health care bill which recently passed. Do you think that is mostly an indication that there is something wrong with the bill or mostly an indication that there is something wrong with the Republican Party’s approach to health care legislation?
Nov. 13-15
2009
Something wrong with the health care bill 46%
Something wrong with the Rep ublican approach to health care 49%
Both equal (vol.) 3%
No opinion 1%
35. Do you think abortion should be legal under any circumstances, legal under only certain circumstances, or illegal in all circumstances?
36. (IF ONLY CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES:) Do you think abortion should be legal in most circumstances or only a few circumstances?
QUESTION 35 ONLY
Legal Legal
under under Illegal
any certain in all No
circumstances circumstances circumstances Opinion
November 13-15, 2009 26% 50% 23% 1%
June 26-29, 2008 25% 51% 22% 1%
Oct. 12-14, 2007 23% 54% 22% 1%
Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2006 24% 50% 24% 2%
QUESTION 35 AND 36 COMBINED
Legal Legal Legal
under in in a Illegal
any most few in all No
circumstances circumstances circumstances circumstances Opinion
November 13-15, 2009 26% 10% 40% 23% 1%
June 26-29, 2008 25% 12% 39% 22% 2%
Oct. 12-14, 2007 23% 13% 40% 22% 2%
Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2006 24% 10% 40% 24% 2%
(CNN/USA TODAY/GALLUP TRENDS ON NEXT PAGE)
CNN/USA TODAY/GALLUP TRENDS
Legal
under any circumstances
Legal only
under certain circumstances
Illegal in all circumstances
No
opinion
2005 Nov 11-13
26
56
16
2
2005 Jun 24-26
24
55
20
1
2005 May 2-5
23
53
22
2
2005 Mar 21-23
23
55
20
2
2004 May 2-4
24
56
19
1
2003 Oct 24-26
26
55
17
2
2003 May 5-7
23
57
19
1
2003 Jan 10-12
24
57
18
1
2002 May 6-9
25
51
22
2
2002 Mar 22-24
27
53
19
1
2002 Feb 8-10
26
54
18
2
2001 Aug 10-12
26
56
17
1
2001 May 10-14
26
58
15
1
2001 Mar 26-28
26
51
18
5
2000 Mar 30-Apr 2
28
51
19
2
2000 Jan 13-16
26
56
15
3
1999 Apr 30-May 2
27
55
16
2
1998 Jan 16-18
23
59
17
1
1997 Nov 6-9
26
55
17
2
1997 Aug 12-13
22
61
15
2
1996 Sep 20-22*
24
52
17
7
1996 Jul 25-28
25
58
15
2
1995 Sep 22-24
31
54
12
3
1995 Feb 24-26
33
50
15
2
1994 Sep 6-7
33
52
13
2
1994 Mar 28-30
31
51
15
3
1993 Mar 12-14
32
51
13
4
1992 Jan 16-19
31
53
14
2
1991 Sep 5-8
33
49
14
4
1991 May 30-Jun 2
32
50
17
1
1990 Apr 5-20
31
53
12
4
1989 Jul 6-9
29
51
17
3
1989 Jul 6-7
29
51
17
3
1988 Sep 25-Oct 1
24
57
17
2
1985 Jan 3-4
21
55
21
3
1983 Jun 24-27
23
58
16
3
1981 May 8-11
23
52
21
4
1980 Jul 11-14
25
53
18
4
1979 Feb 23-26
22
54
19
5
1977 Dec 9-12
22
55
19
4
1975 Apr 4-7
21
54
22
3
* Based on reg. voters
Legal
under any circumstances
Legal
under most circumstances
Legal only
in a few circumstances
Illegal
in all circumstances
No
opinion
2005 Nov 11-13
26
16
39
16
3
2005 Jun 24-26
24
15
40
20
1
2005 May 2-5
23
12
40
22
3
2005 Mar 21-23
23
14
39
20
4
2004 May 2-4
24
13
42
19
2
2003 Oct 24-26
26
14
40
17
3
2003 May 5-7
23
15
42
19
1
2003 Jan 10-12
24
14
42
18
2
2002 May 6-9
25
12
39
22
2
2002 Mar 22-24
27
12
40
19
2
2001 Aug 10-12
26
12
43
17
2
2001 May 10-14
26
15
41
15
3
2001 Mar 26-28
26
13
38
18
5
2000 Mar 30-Apr 2
28
11
38
19
4
2000 Jan 13-16
26
17
39
15
3
1999 Apr 30-May 2
27
12
42
16
3
1998 Jan 16-18
23
16
42
17
2
1997 Nov 6-9
26
15
40
17
2
1997 Aug 12-13
22
12
48
15
3
1996 Jul 25-28
25
13
43
15
4
1995 Sep 22-24
31
14
39
12
4
1995 Feb 24-26
32
9
41
15
3
1994 Sep 6-7
33
13
38
13
3
37. Generally speaking, are you in favor of using public funds for abortions when the woman cannot afford it, or are you opposed to that?
Nov. 13-15
2009
Favor 37%
Oppose 61%
Indifferent (vol.) 2%
No opinion 1%
LOS ANGELES TIMES POLL
Favor
Oppose
Indifferent (vol.)
No opinon
2000 June 8-13
37
54
2
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