Rasmussen Poll: 53% Oppose Obamacare

A day after an Associated Press poll shows 52 percent of Americans opposed to Obamacare, a Rasmussen Reports poll finds 53 percent of Americans oppose the Democrat Party-backed government takeover of health care.

The poll was conducted before Barack Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress, but the speech is unlikely to change many people's position on the matter.

From Rasmussen Reports:

Views of the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats remain largely unchanged since late July. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey conducted Tuesday and Wednesday nights finds that 44% favor the plan while 53% are opposed. These numbers are little different than those in late August.

However, the overwhelmingly majority of interviews for the new survey were conducted before the president’s speech to Congress Wednesday night. Rasmussen Reports will be tracking support for the proposals on a daily basis over the next several days to measure what impact the speech has on public opinion.

The survey results are very similar to earlier data with perhaps a very slight uptick for the president’s team. Twenty-seven percent (27%) now Strongly Favor the plan and 41% Strongly Oppose. In August, those numbers were 23% and 43% respectively.

This is the fourth time in the last five surveys that 53% have registered opposition to the plan. The lone exception came following a nationally televised press conference the president held in part to promote the plan when opposition dropped temporarily to 49%

The partisan dynamics remain the same as in earlier surveys. While 72% of Democrats favor the health care plan, 81% of Republicans oppose it. As for those not affiliated with either major party, 39% favor the legislative effort while 58% are opposed.

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