These poll numbers were released earlier today by Rasmussen Reports -- "an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information."
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 56% of Likely U.S. voters favor repeal of the law, with 45% who Strongly Favor it. Thirty-eight percent (38%) oppose repeal, including 30% who are Strongly Opposed.
A majority has favored repeal of the legislation every single week since Congress passed the health care bill in March. Support for repeal has ranged from a low of 52% to a high of 63%.
But just 39% of voters say it is at least somewhat likely that the health care law will be repealed, while 49% think repeal is unlikely. These findings included 12% who say repeal is Very Likely and 10% who say it's Not At All Likely.
Views on the likelihood of repeal have remained virtually unchanged since April .
Republicans remain more confident than Democrats and voters not affiliated with either of the parties that repeal is likely.
The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on September 4-5, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95%level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC . See methodology .
Most voters (51%) still believe the health care plan will be bad for the country, a view that also has changed very little since March. Thirty-seven percent (37%) say the law will be good for the country.
Forty-two percent (42%) believe repeal of the health care law would be good for the U.S. economy, the lowest finding to date. Twenty-nine percent (29%) disagree and say it would be bad for the economy. Twenty-one percent (21%) say repeal would have no impact.
In five previous surveys back to April, belief that repeal would be good for the economy has ranged from a low of 43% to a high of 50%. Belief that it would be bad for the economy has ranged from 26% to 33%.
Only 28% of voters now think repeal of the health care law would create new jobs. Forty percent (40%) say repeal would not create new jobs, up seven points from late June . One-in-three voters (33%) are not sure what impact repeal would have on the employment situation.
The Political Class remains much more confident than Mainstream voters that the health care law is good for the country.
The health care plan - passed by Congress without Republican support - is proving to be a major political issue in congressional races across the country.
Heading into the final two months of the mid-term election campaign, most voters believe that Democrats in Congress want to raise taxes and spending while Republicans in Congress want to cut taxes and spending . At the same time, most voters believe that reducing taxes and spending would be good for the economy.
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