More Than Six in Ten Disapprove of Cutting Off Funding As Way To Stop Health Reform.
Most Americans (62%) disapprove of cutting off funding as a way to stop some or all of the health reform law from being put into place.
33% say they think cutting off funding is legit.
I’ll first admit I don’t trust issue polling, generally. I believe people answer these questions according to what they think they’re supposed to say. For example, responsible “good” people are supposed to say they care deeply about the deficit or government spending but follow-up questions reveal that while they care, they just don’t want to do anything about it, not if they have to pay extra or sacrifice services that benefit them personally in any manner.
I worry that advocates who rely on issue polling as rock-solid run the risk of convincing themselves they’re in a majority, when they may not be. I do agree an issue poll can be handy to have when promoting policy or a viewpoint, because media love polls so much, and I don’t have any objection to advocates relying on them for that purpose.
That said, this is a well-phrased question, because cutting off funding for “health reform law” is a specific action that House Republicans are heavily promoting, and the question is offered in plain, unbiased language.