The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein, referencing a few polls, recently wrote of Obamacare’s popularity: “Public opinion remains mixed, and the trend is toward support, not opposition.”  This, however, is wishful thinking on Klein’s part.  A more thorough look at the polls shows that American voters are strongly opposed to Obamacare and that this fact is not changing over time.

As Klein notes, his assertion relies on a cursory glance at the compilation of polls published at pollster.com.  That compilation does indeed show opposition to Obamacare being at its lowest point in nearly a year, with only a 2.1-point gap between those who oppose Obamacare (45.3 percent) and those who support it (43.2 percent).  But this doesn’t indicate that Obamacare is becoming more popular.  It merely indicates that the mixture of polls has changed.