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Interviews with 1,008 adult Americans conducted by

telephone by ORC International on May 2-4, 2014. The

margin of sampling error for results based on the total

sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points.

The sample also includes 911 interviews among registered

voters (plus or minus 3.5 percentage points)

The sample includes 702 interviews among landline

respondents and 306 interviews among cell phone

respondents.

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12. As you may know, a bill that made major changes to the country's health care system became

law in 2010. Which of the following statements best describes your view of what Congress

should do in the future: (RANDOM ORDER) Congress should leave the health care law as it

is, Congress should make some changes to the health care law in an attempt to make it work

better, Congress should repeal the health care law and replace it with a completely different

system or Congress should repeal the health care law and go back to the system we had before

it was enacted.

May 2-4

2014

Leave health care law as is 12%

Make some changes 49%

Repeal and replace 18%

Repeal, go back to original 20%

No opinion *

13. Would you describe the new health care law as a success or as a failure, or would you say it is

too soon to tell?

May 2-4 Nov. 18-20

2014 2013

Success 12% 8%

Failure 39% 39%

Too soon to tell 49% 53%

No opinion * *

14. Do you think the current problems facing the new health care law will eventually be solved, or

don't you think so?

May 2-4 Nov. 18-20

2014 2013

Will be solved 51% 54%

Don’t think so 47% 45%

No opinion 2% 2%

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METHODOLOGY A total of 1,008 adults were interviewed by telephone nationwide by live interviewers calling both landline and cell phones.

All respondents were asked questions concerning basic demographics, and the entire sample was weighted to reflect

national Census figures for gender, race, age, education, region of country, and telephone usage. Among the entire sample,

32% described themselves as Democrats, 27% described themselves as Republicans, and 41% described themselves as

Independents or members of another party

Crosstabs on the following pages only include results for subgroups with enough unweighted cases to produce a sampling

error of +/- 8.5 percentage points or less. Some subgroups represent too small a share of the national population to produce

crosstabs with an acceptable sampling error. Interviews were conducted among these subgroups, but results for groups

with a sampling error larger than +/-8.5 percentage points are not displayed and instead are denoted with "N/A".

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CNN/ORC International Poll -- May 2 to 4, 2014

Question 12

As you may know, a bill that made major changes to the country's health care system became law in

2010. Which of the following statements best describes your view of what Congress should do in

the future:

Base = Total Sample

Total Men Women White Non-White

----- ----- ----- ----- ---------

Leave health care law as it is 12% 11% 13% 8% 21%

Make some changes 49% 48% 50% 45% 58%

Repeal and replace 18% 19% 18% 23% 9%

Repeal, go back to original 20% 22% 18% 23% 13%

No opinion * 1% * * *

Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-4.5 +/-4.5 +/-3.5 +/-7.0

18- 35- 50- Under 50 and

Total 34 49 64 65+ 50 Older

----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ------

Leave health care law as it is 12% 10% 9% 16% 14% 10% 15%

Make some changes 49% 56% 47% 50% 38% 52% 45%

Repeal and replace 18% 17% 21% 16% 22% 19% 18%

Repeal, go back to original 20% 18% 22% 17% 25% 20% 20%

No opinion * * * * 1% * 1%

Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-7.5 +/-8.0 +/-5.5 +/-5.0 +/-5.5 +/-4.0

Under $50K No Attended

Total $50K or more College College

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Leave health care law as it is 12% 13% 11% 8% 15%

Make some changes 49% 49% 51% 47% 51%

Repeal and replace 18% 18% 20% 17% 20%

Repeal, go back to original 20% 20% 17% 28% 14%

No opinion * * * * *

Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-5.0 +/-4.5 +/-5.5 +/-4.0

Demo- Indep- Repub- Lib- Mod- Conser-

Total crat endent lican eral erate vative

----- ----- ------ ------ ----- ----- -------

Leave health care law as it is 12% 26% 7% 2% 23% 11% 5%

Make some changes 49% 63% 48% 36% 57% 57% 36%

Repeal and replace 18% 3% 23% 29% 8% 14% 30%

Repeal, go back to original 20% 7% 21% 33% 11% 17% 28%

No opinion * * * * 1% 1% *

Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-5.5 +/-5.0 +/-6.0 +/-7.0 +/-5.0 +/-5.0

North Mid- Sub-

Total east west South West Urban urban Rural

----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----

Leave health care law as it is 12% 14% 12% 12% 9% 18% 11% 7%

Make some changes 49% 50% 47% 49% 51% 48% 52% 42%

Repeal and replace 18% 16% 20% 20% 16% 16% 16% 28%

Repeal, go back to original 20% 19% 20% 18% 23% 17% 21% 22%

No opinion * 1% 1% * * * * 1%

Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-6.5 +/-6.5 +/-5.5 +/-6.5 +/-5.5 +/-4.5 +/-6.5

* percentage less than 1%

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Question 13

Would you describe the new health care law as a success or as a failure, or would you say it is

too soon to tell?

Base = Total Sample


----- ----- ----- ----- ---------

Success 12% 12% 12% 10% 17%

Failure 39% 42% 36% 46% 24%

Too soon to tell 49% 46% 52% 44% 59%


Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-4.5 +/-4.5 +/-3.5 +/-7.0

18- 35- 50- Under 50 and

Total 34 49 64 65+ 50 Older

----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ------

Success 12% 9% 6% 22% 12% 7% 18%

Failure 39% 32% 47% 36% 44% 39% 39%

Too soon to tell 49% 59% 47% 42% 43% 54% 43%

No opinion * * * * 1% * *

Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-7.5 +/-8.0 +/-5.5 +/-5.0 +/-5.5 +/-4.0



----- ----- ------- ------- --------

Success 12% 11% 13% 8% 15%

Failure 39% 35% 42% 47% 33%

Too soon to tell 49% 54% 45% 45% 52%


Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-5.0 +/-4.5 +/-5.5 +/-4.0



----- ----- ------ ------ ----- ----- -------

Success 12% 27% 8% 1% 31% 10% 4%

Failure 39% 12% 42% 67% 22% 27% 61%

Too soon to tell 49% 61% 50% 32% 48% 63% 35%

No opinion * * * * * * *

Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-5.5 +/-5.0 +/-6.0 +/-7.0 +/-5.0 +/-5.0

North Mid- Sub-


----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----

Success 12% 10% 12% 14% 10% 15% 11% 8%

Failure 39% 31% 38% 46% 38% 33% 39% 50%

Too soon to tell 49% 58% 49% 39% 52% 51% 50% 42%

No opinion * * * * * * * *

Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-6.5 +/-6.5 +/-5.5 +/-6.5 +/-5.5 +/-4.5 +/-6.5


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Question 14

Do you think the current problems facing the new health care law will eventually be solved, or don't

you think so?

Base = Total Sample


----- ----- ----- ----- ---------

Will be solved 51% 50% 52% 45% 65%

Don't think so 47% 49% 46% 54% 32%

No opinion 2% 2% 2% 1% 3%

Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-4.5 +/-4.5 +/-3.5 +/-7.0

18- 35- 50- Under 50 and

Total 34 49 64 65+ 50 Older

----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ------

Will be solved 51% 55% 45% 56% 44% 50% 52%

Don't think so 47% 43% 53% 41% 55% 48% 47%

No opinion 2% 2% 2% 2% 1% 2% 2%

Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-7.5 +/-8.0 +/-5.5 +/-5.0 +/-5.5 +/-4.0



----- ----- ------- ------- --------

Will be solved 51% 51% 51% 46% 55%

Don't think so 47% 46% 48% 52% 43%

No opinion 2% 3% 1% 2% 2%

Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-5.0 +/-4.5 +/-5.5 +/-4.0



----- ----- ------ ------ ----- ----- -------

Will be solved 51% 81% 45% 23% 74% 56% 32%

Don't think so 47% 16% 54% 75% 26% 43% 65%

No opinion 2% 3% 1% 2% * 1% 3%

Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-5.5 +/-5.0 +/-6.0 +/-7.0 +/-5.0 +/-5.0

North Mid- Sub-


----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----

Will be solved 51% 52% 50% 49% 53% 57% 48% 43%

Don't think so 47% 47% 48% 48% 46% 41% 49% 56%

No opinion 2% 2% 2% 3% 1% 2% 2% 1%

Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-6.5 +/-6.5 +/-5.5 +/-6.5 +/-5.5 +/-4.5 +/-6.5


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