How MUCH louder must the public yell PUBLIC OPTION, PUBLIC OPTION, PUBLIC OPTION!
A recent poll conducted in several battleground states were freshman House members may be vulnerable in 2010 demonstrates that the consituents in such districts want more change. Do you know what else they want?? A PUBLIC OPTION!!!!!!! Are you listening House and Senate??? Research 2000 conducted telephone interviews with 2000 likely voters in swing districts in Virginia, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, New Mexico, and Ohio. The result: Democrats and Independents want a public option in this Health Care Reform bill.
| QUESTION: Would you favor or oppose the national government offering everyone the choice of a government administered health insurance plan — something like the Medicare coverage that people 65 and older get — that would compete with private health insurance plans? | |||||||||
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| FAVOR | OPPOSE | NOT SURE | |||||||
| OVERALL | 68% | 21% | 11% | ||||||
| DEMOCRATS | 82% | 9% | 9% | ||||||
| REPUBLICANS | 51% | 38% | 11% | ||||||
| INDEPENDENTS | 71% | 13% | 16% | ||||||
| CO-04 (Markey) | 68% | 20% | 12% | ||||||
| FL-24 (Kosmas) | 64% | 21% | 15% | ||||||
| MI-07 (Schauer) | 69% | 19% | 12% | ||||||
| NC-08 (Kissell) | 73% | 16% | 11% | ||||||
| NM-01 (Heinrich) | 71% | 17% | 12% | ||||||
| NM-02 (Teague) | 67% | 19% | 14% | ||||||
| OH-01 (Driehaus) | 66% | 26% | 8% | ||||||
| OH-15 (Kilroy) | 69% | 22% | 9% | ||||||
| OH-16 (Boccieri) | 66% | 23% | 11% | ||||||
| VA-05 (Perriello) | 67% | 19% | 14% | ||||||
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QUESTION: Would you be more likely to vote for the re-election of your local Democratic member of Congress if they worked to kill the current health care reform effort in Congress or if they worked to add a public health insurance option that competes head-to-head with private insurance?
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| PUBLIC OPTION | KILL | NOT SURE | |||||||
| OVERALL | 45% | 20% | 35% | ||||||
| DEMOCRATS | 83% | 9% | 8% | ||||||
| REPUBLICANS | 9% | 31% | 60% | ||||||
| INDEPENDENTS | 45% | 19% | 36% | ||||||
| CO-04 (Markey) | 45% | 19% | 36% | ||||||
| FL-24 (Kosmas) | 42% | 25% | 33% | ||||||
| MI-07 (Schauer) | 46% | 18% | 36% | ||||||
| NC-08 (Kissell) | 50% | 15% | 35% | ||||||
| NM-01 (Heinrich) | 49% | 15% | 36% | ||||||
| NM-02 (Teague) | 46% | 19% | 35% | ||||||
| OH-01 (Driehaus) | 43% | 26% | 31% | ||||||
| OH-15 (Kilroy) | 45% | 22% | 33% | ||||||
| OH-16 (Boccieri) | 42% | 24% | 34% | ||||||
| VA-05 (Perriello) | 46% | 17% | 37% | ||||||
