Poll-itics: Begging for Failure edition

By GottaLaff

Question: If Republicans do nothing but obstruct legislation, drawing the process out endlessly, will that make America more receptive to it?

Answer: No.

Question: If the media focuses nearly exclusively on the negative of any given topic, will America interpret that as a positive?

Answer: No.

Question: If the media constantly criticizes health care reform and predicts its demise, will America be more likely to approve of health care reform?

Answer: No.

Question: Is that's what has occurred?

Answer: Yes.

Question: What in the world can we do about that durned biased librul media?

Answer: Ask it to make an appearance.

-33 percent of respondents said they believed their access to care would be worse if a health care overhaul occurred, a jump from 25 percent in the poll released last month. Thirteen percent said they thought they would have better access to care in a remade system, about the same as last month.

-30.5 percent said their personal finances would be worse under a health care overhaul, compared to 24.5 percent last month. Eleven and a half percent said their personal finances would improve, compared to 14 percent last month.

-35 percent said the country's access to health care would be worse under a health care overhaul, compared to 30 percent last month. Around 38 percent said it would be better, around the same as last month.

-42 percent said the country's finances would suffer under a health care overhaul, compared with 34.6 percent last month. Thirty percent said matters would improve financially, compared to 32 percent last month.

500 people were polled with a plus/minus of 4.3. It was conducted between Nov. 28 and Dec. 20, in the run-up to the Senate's Christmas Eve passage of health care legislation

Then, there's this:

While most Americans oppose the plan, two reforms in it are supported by more than 70% of the public -- creating a new national insurance exchange and requiring health insurance companies to accept applicants with pre-existing conditions.

Also consistent throughout the health care debate has been the partisan nature of the response. The latest numbers show that 75% of Democrats favor the plan, while 89% of Republicans are opposed. Among those not affiliated with either major party, 30% support the plan, and 66% are opposed.

Here are a few facts from WhiteHouse.gov.

H/t: DAKGirl