Obama Gets Support on Afghanistan, but Not Health Care Reform
Bruce Drake
Contributing Editor
Posted:
12/9/09
Forty-seven percent of voters support President Obama's approach to Afghanistan compared to 37 percent who do not, with 16 percent undecided, but they oppose his efforts on health care reform by 52 percent to 39 percent with 9 percent undecided, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Dec 4-7.
Obama gets more support from Democrats on health care (69 percent) than he does on Afghanistan (63 percent). Ninety percent of Republicans oppose him on health care, and they also oppose his Afghanistan policy, though by a far lesser margin of 52 percent to 30 percent. Independents oppose Obama on health care by a 52 percent to 39 percent margin, but support him on Afghanistan by 45 percent to 38 percent. The rest of the voters in these results are undecided.