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Nation Divided on Heath Care Reform

By: ladym33

Chicago : IL : USA | 2 months ago

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A Gallup poll conducted in early August of this year showed that Americans are almost equally divided in how they feel about Health Care Refort.

According to the poll:

36% of Americans are against Health Care Reform

35% of Americans are for it

29% have no opinion about it what so ever

Of the percentage of those for Health Care Reform 59% of them are Democrats. 66% of Republicans are against it. Only 10% of Republicans are for it. The Republicans carry a larger number of those with no opinion however as 24% of them have no opinion, as oppossed to only 10% of Democrats who have no opinion.

This study was based on telephone interviews of 1010 American adults 18 and above over a 3 day period.

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