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Summary

Republican increasingly support for the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

According to a new Gallup poll, 19% of Republicans approve of Obamacare, the highest approval number since the poll began in 2012.

Additionally, 32% of Republicans believe the government has a responsibility to ensure health care coverage for all Americans, a significant jump from the 22% who said the same in 2020.

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[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 99 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Funny that they voted against it.

[–] DashboTreeFrog 48 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I forget which Behind the Bastards episode first put me on to this but man, there's such a long history of people in the US killing or trying to kill good projects because it helps the "wrong" people

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

🎵it's the American waaaaay🎵

[–] pntha@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

tbf i would expect a progressive party to vote against a policy that 81% of their constituents didn’t agree with

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Some people believe “Trump fixed it,” because he said that.

(He didn’t. He actually made it harder to enroll.)

[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

He made it harder to enroll for those people. Less people on the Obamacare, more for the right people

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

These people don't know what's good for them. Listen to terrible sources. And so we all suffer. I wish I could separate from them.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Likely the main reason this is rising is because it's no longer a propaganda talking point. Because Trump has so many other that are more attention-grabbing.

I believe that we've flipped and propaganda now has greater weight on public opinion than factual reporting. And I think this rebound shows some data of the effect of propaganda, evidenced by factual reality (people like having healthcare more than not, shockingly) creeping to fill the space left by receding propaganda.

We'll never have a scientifically-sound study that clearly measures the poll effects of propaganda because of definitional and exposure unreliability. So inferential data like this is fascinating.

[–] buttfarts@lemy.lol 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why can't we have some benign entity propagandize objective reality and data-backed solutions for the common good?? Is that not the obvious solution?

Alt-right brain rot is terminal now.

That's the only practical solution. Education would have been the answer, but that ship has sailed.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

keep obama's name out of it and it would poll higher.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They're the ones who gave it that name.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

so they know what they're supposed to hate.

a poll asking about 'affordable care act' only, with no mention of 'obamacare' will get significantly different responses than one that does reference president obama.

[–] BadmanDan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

That really shows just how childish the Republican base is. Liberals aren’t lying when they say these people only listen to buzzwords.

[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

It should forever be referenced as “The ACA (Obamacare)”. Never let anyone forget what they did.

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

But it would still be a shitty Republican substitute for M4A

[–] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

So, Romneycare?

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

This^

A lot of polling found support for the ACA jumped when it was referred to by its actual name and not OBamacare

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As they vote for repealing Obamacare.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

Well, it's still only 19 percent approval. This country is so messed up.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Thanks Obama, for real though I'm on board with repeal and replace, cause this aint shit.

But I'm not aboard with "Repeal and bring back pre-existing conditions!", but that seems to be all the Greedy Old Pricks have got up their sleeves.

[–] BadmanDan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

People forget what the originally Obamacare was supposed to be. Republicans are the ones who watered it down. If they replace it, it will be with nothing.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

It was originally a Republican plan and they lack object permanence so I'm not surprised

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

It's gonna be gone right? Are there any senators expected to want to keep it?

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

At least 12 year high**********

[–] Today@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We're so lucky Trump saved it from....

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

McCain saved it