As Sen. Elizabeth Warren keeps digging herself deeper into her support for a “Medicare for all” branded plan that would effectively eliminate private insurance, a new poll finds that 62% of swing voters in key states see it as a “bad idea.”
The Cook Political Report and the Kaiser Family Foundation teamed up to survey voters in four states that could decide the 2020 presidential election: Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
They found that 33% of voters in the states said they were definitely going to vote for the Democratic nominee, and 22% said they would definitely vote for President Trump. But 41% were considered to be “swing” voters because they were either undecided (23%) or would only probably vote for Trump (11%) or the Democrat (8%).
The survey asked these voters about a number of policies being pushed by liberals. Some of those policies had broad support among swing voters. For instance, 70% said they supported a path to citizenship for immigrants who are in the United States illegally, and 66% backed a ban on new sales of assault weapons.
Near the bottom of the list, however, was “A national Medicare-for-all plan that would eliminate private insurance.” Just 36% of swing voters expressed support for the idea, and 62% opposed it.
Also unpopular were a ban on fracking (54% opposition) and stopping detentions of those crossing the border illegally (71% opposition).
The poll highlights the risk to Warren of having staked out suck a hard-line position on eliminating private insurance as part of her efforts to win the Democratic primary.
