A new poll from Harvard University’s Institute of Politics shows young people increasingly cooling to President Obama and his signature domestic achivement, Obamacare. Fifty-four percent of young people (ages 18 to 29) disapprove of the job Obama is doing. A total of 47 percent of young people, including 52 percent of those between the ages of 18 and 24, say they would choose to recall Obama if they could.
Obamacare is undoubtedly a major force in this change among so-called Millennials (61 percent say they disapprove of his handling of health care). The poll found that 57 percent of young people disapprove of Obamacare, with just 38 percent approving of the law. The numbers were not signficantly different when those polled were asked how they felt about the “Affordable Care Act” as opposed to “Obamacare.” A plurality said the law would make their health care worse (44 percent for “Obamacare” and 40 percent for the “Affordable Care Act”) while a majority (51 percent for “Obamacare” and 50 percent for the “Affordable Care Act”) said they believed the amount they would pay for health care under the law would increase.
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