As I noted last week, more than a month’s worth of polling shows that Americans favor repeal of Obamacare by a whopping 16 points, 56 to 40 percent (according to Rasmussen’s poll of likely voters). But it’s also worth noting that support for repeal is even higher among independents — who disproportionately influence swing-state, or swing-district, elections.
Over the same five week’s worth of polling, Rasmussen shows that independents favor repeal by 20 points (58 to 38 percent), with the same 20-point margin holding among independents who feel “strongly” (48 to 28 percent). While those on the political extremes might not like a given piece of legislation, normally those in the center will be reasonably happy with the compromise — but not here. Obamacare has managed to do the improbable: It has alienated voters in the middle of the political spectrum even more so than voters as a whole. Perhaps this is because Obamacare wasn’t a product of compromise.
