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If Obamacare survives, does the GOP majority die?

By Emily Jashinsky

Published July 19, 2017 2:12pm ET

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If Obamacare survives, does the GOP majority die? — A Politico/Morning Consult poll released Wednesday found 23 percent of registered voters listed healthcare as the top set of issues on their mind when casting ballots in federal elections. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner) | Graeme Jennings

To what extent will Republicans be punished in future elections if their efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare ultimately fail?

In a column for Axios, Drew Altman of the Kaiser Family Foundation critiqued as “unexamined conventional wisdom” the notion that voters will exact retribution on the GOP if the party cannot repeal. There’s reason to believe Obamacare’s supporters care more about this fight than Obamacare’s opponents.

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