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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.
FOR RELEASE: SUNDAY, MAY 11 AT 9 AM
POLL 5 -2- May 2-4, 2014 January 14-15, 2013
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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%
POLL 5 -3- May 2-4, 2014 January 14-15, 2013
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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".
POLL 5 -4- May 2-4, 2014 January 14-15, 2013
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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
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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%
POLL 5 -5- May 2-4, 2014 January 14-15, 2013
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CNN/ORC International Poll -- May 2 to 4, 2014
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
Total Men Women White Non-White
----- ----- ----- ----- ---------
Success 12% 12% 12% 10% 17%
Failure 39% 42% 36% 46% 24%
Too soon to tell 49% 46% 52% 44% 59%
No opinion * * * * *
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
Under $50K No Attended
Total $50K or more College College
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Success 12% 11% 13% 8% 15%
Failure 39% 35% 42% 47% 33%
Too soon to tell 49% 54% 45% 45% 52%
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
----- ----- ------ ------ ----- ----- -------
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-
Total east west South West Urban urban Rural
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
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
* percentage less than 1%
POLL 5 -6- May 2-4, 2014 January 14-15, 2013
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CNN/ORC International Poll -- May 2 to 4, 2014
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
Total Men Women White Non-White
----- ----- ----- ----- ---------
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
Under $50K No Attended
Total $50K or more College College
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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
Demo- Indep- Repub- Lib- Mod- Conser-
Total crat endent lican eral erate vative
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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-
Total east west South West Urban urban Rural
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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
* percentage less than 1%