Recently released this morning was an opinion survey on President Obama’s Health Care Reform from CNN. The survey questioned over a thousand individuals, mostly non-hispanic whites, about whether they approved of or opposed the current reform. Research found that half of those surveyed were in favor of the reform, while 45% were opposed. Only 5% stated that they had no opinion.
When questioned further, of those that favored the reform, only 23% said that they felt strongly about it. In contrast, of those that opposed the reform, 33%, a 10% increase, stated that they felt strongly about their opinion.
You can learn more about this poll and statistics compared to President Clinton’s reform here.