Half of Americans do not support Obamacare repeal, Quinnipiac poll finds
Eighty-six percent of Democrats said the ACA should not be repealed, while 87 percent of Republicans said it should.
As a possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act looms, more Americans are voicing their support for President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law. In a new poll conducted by Quinnipiac University, 50 percent of Americans say they don't support President Trump's efforts to repeal the ACA, compared to 46 percent who do.
The responses largely hewed to party lines. Eighty-six percent of Democrats said the ACA should not be repealed, while 87 percent of Republicans said it should.
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Eliminating the ACA was a top priority for the president during his campaign, and Republicans in Congress have sought swift repeal as they attempt to shape an alternative. But crafting a coherent GOP replacement has proven elusive thus far, and some in the party are worried that leaving millions without health insurance could damage the party in the 2018 midterm elections.
In an interview on Sunday, Trump said that replacing the ACA may be a process that extends into next year, and said working to replace it will be complicated. Republicans say that plan to begin the process of dismantling the ACA in the spring.
The Quinnipiac poll surveyed 1,155 voters via cell phone and landline telephone from Feb. 2 to 6. It has a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.
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