| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #16426 |
 | Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as President? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Type Of Coverage | Party Affiliation | Ideology | |||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.4% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | None | Employer | Medicare | Self | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Approve | 56% | 60% | 53% | 60% | 55% | 54% | 55% | ** | ** | 49% | 47% | 58% | 63% | 56% | 8% | 92% | 50% | 12% | 62% | 84% |
| Disapprove | 38% | 34% | 42% | 30% | 42% | 40% | 40% | ** | ** | 40% | 36% | 39% | 35% | 36% | 84% | 6% | 42% | 86% | 31% | 13% |
| Not Sure | 6% | 6% | 6% | 10% | 3% | 7% | 5% | ** | ** | 10% | 17% | 4% | 2% | 9% | 7% | 1% | 7% | 2% | 7% | 3% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 29% | 42% | 28% | 81% | 4% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 42% | 26% | 11% | 19% | 36% | 40% | 21% | 44% | 26% |
 | Do you approve? Or disapprove? Of the job the United States Congress is doing? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Type Of Coverage | Party Affiliation | Ideology | |||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.1% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | None | Employer | Medicare | Self | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Approve | 23% | 26% | 20% | 21% | 27% | 19% | 21% | ** | ** | 19% | 16% | 26% | 20% | 28% | 9% | 45% | 11% | 8% | 24% | 35% |
| Disapprove | 70% | 69% | 71% | 65% | 70% | 77% | 71% | ** | ** | 76% | 84% | 65% | 76% | 57% | 87% | 49% | 81% | 90% | 69% | 55% |
| Not Sure | 7% | 5% | 9% | 14% | 3% | 4% | 7% | ** | ** | 5% | 1% | 9% | 4% | 15% | 4% | 7% | 8% | 3% | 6% | 10% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 29% | 42% | 28% | 81% | 4% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 42% | 26% | 11% | 19% | 36% | 40% | 21% | 44% | 26% |
 | In general, are things in the United States headed in the right direction? Or are they off on the wrong track? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Type Of Coverage | Party Affiliation | Ideology | |||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | None | Employer | Medicare | Self | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Right Direction | 44% | 46% | 43% | 46% | 44% | 43% | 43% | ** | ** | 38% | 44% | 47% | 42% | 51% | 8% | 73% | 38% | 12% | 50% | 64% |
| Wrong Track | 51% | 51% | 51% | 48% | 52% | 51% | 52% | ** | ** | 54% | 56% | 47% | 52% | 41% | 87% | 22% | 58% | 87% | 43% | 31% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 3% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 5% | ** | ** | 8% | 0% | 6% | 6% | 9% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 0% | 7% | 5% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 29% | 42% | 28% | 81% | 4% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 42% | 26% | 11% | 19% | 36% | 40% | 21% | 44% | 26% |
 | Which describes you: I want to leave the health care system alone. I want to change health care, but think Congress has gone too far. I want to change health care, but think Congress did not go far enough. I support the changes Congress has made to the health care system. |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Type Of Coverage | Party Affiliation | Ideology | |||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | None | Employer | Medicare | Self | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Leave The Health Care System Alone | 13% | 11% | 15% | 11% | 10% | 19% | 12% | ** | ** | 8% | 6% | 14% | 16% | 14% | 30% | 7% | 10% | 28% | 9% | 6% |
| Congress Has Gone Too Far | 34% | 34% | 34% | 24% | 41% | 35% | 36% | ** | ** | 36% | 38% | 32% | 35% | 30% | 55% | 12% | 44% | 60% | 35% | 13% |
| Congress Did Not Go Far Enough | 35% | 40% | 30% | 46% | 32% | 28% | 33% | ** | ** | 34% | 34% | 40% | 32% | 36% | 8% | 53% | 30% | 6% | 35% | 60% |
| Support The Changes | 13% | 11% | 16% | 8% | 16% | 14% | 14% | ** | ** | 12% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 16% | 4% | 24% | 10% | 3% | 17% | 15% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 4% | 6% | 10% | 2% | 4% | 5% | ** | ** | 10% | 10% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 5% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 29% | 42% | 28% | 81% | 4% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 42% | 26% | 11% | 19% | 36% | 40% | 21% | 44% | 26% |
 | Will the quality of the health care you yourself receive get better as a result of the changes being made? Will it get worse? Or will it stay about the same? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Type Of Coverage | Party Affiliation | Ideology | |||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | None | Employer | Medicare | Self | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Get Better | 19% | 25% | 14% | 20% | 20% | 17% | 19% | ** | ** | 9% | 25% | 15% | 26% | 21% | 5% | 32% | 17% | 7% | 22% | 29% |
| Get Worse | 31% | 32% | 31% | 20% | 35% | 38% | 30% | ** | ** | 38% | 33% | 28% | 35% | 31% | 54% | 15% | 35% | 66% | 29% | 9% |
| Stay About The Same | 44% | 38% | 49% | 50% | 42% | 40% | 45% | ** | ** | 51% | 30% | 55% | 36% | 32% | 34% | 49% | 41% | 21% | 43% | 60% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 5% | 6% | 10% | 3% | 5% | 7% | ** | ** | 2% | 12% | 3% | 3% | 15% | 7% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 2% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 29% | 42% | 28% | 81% | 4% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 42% | 26% | 11% | 19% | 36% | 40% | 21% | 44% | 26% |
 | Will the cost of health care for you yourself increase as a result of the changes? Will the cost decrease? Or will it stay about the same? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Type Of Coverage | Party Affiliation | Ideology | |||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | None | Employer | Medicare | Self | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | |
| Increase | 39% | 35% | 43% | 39% | 37% | 42% | 39% | ** | ** | 53% | 49% | 37% | 37% | 34% | 58% | 17% | 46% | 73% | 34% | 22% |
| Decrease | 11% | 15% | 8% | 11% | 11% | 13% | 10% | ** | ** | 15% | 21% | 8% | 9% | 19% | 8% | 13% | 12% | 8% | 11% | 16% |
| Stay About The Same | 44% | 45% | 43% | 44% | 48% | 39% | 44% | ** | ** | 31% | 22% | 52% | 50% | 34% | 27% | 66% | 36% | 14% | 52% | 59% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | ** | ** | 0% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 13% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 3% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 29% | 42% | 28% | 81% | 4% | 5% | 10% | 16% | 42% | 26% | 11% | 19% | 36% | 40% | 21% | 44% | 26% |