Obamacare has gained in popularity as Congress eyes a March timetable to repeal it.
A new poll from Morning Consult found that approval of the law increased to 47 percent since President Trump took office less than two weeks ago. That is a 6 percentage-point increase from the 41 percent approval rating at the beginning of January, according to Morning Consult.
About 45 percent of voters oppose the law, down from 52 percent.
The increase in popularity comes as Republicans plot their next steps to repeal the law.
Congress passed a budget resolution earlier this month that starts the repeal process. It directed four congressional committees to put together legislation to gut the law that can be passed via reconciliation, which lets budget-related bill be approved via a simple majority and avoid a Democrat-led filibuster.
But some Republican lawmakers have expressed doubts about repealing the law without an immediate replacement. The current plan is to gut the law but leave parts of it intact for a few years until a GOP alternative can be installed.
However, several GOP lawmakers expressed doubts over that plan in a closed-door session at the recent GOP retreat last week. Several lawmakers said they were worried about the impact of repeal and delay on Obamacare exchanges and the political implications of that.
Morning Consult said it interviewed 1,992 registered voters Jan. 20-22, and the poll had a margin of error of 2 percentage points.
