A new survey finds that approval of ObamaCare is lower than ever before.
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Thirty-seven percent of Americans approve of the Affordable Care Act, according to a new survey from Gallup.
The previous low was in January, when 38 percent said they approved of the law. At that time, the White House was still recovering from the disastrous launch of HealthCare.gov, the website where consumers could search for health insurance plans.
Gallup found that approval of the law splits radically along party lines.
Democrats approve of ObamaCare at much higher rates, while just 8 percent of Republicans approve.
Approval fell among independents. In October, 39 percent of independents approved of the law. Now, 33 percent approve.
The survey found that a majority of nonwhites still approved of the law. But for the first time, Gallup found that nonwhite approval did not top 60 percent, as approval ratings among nonwhites dropped 6 points. Twenty-nine percent of whites approved of the law.
The approval numbers come just as the second period of open enrollment through the law begins. Administration officials and workers in the field are trying to get new customers to sign up through the law’s insurance exchanges while also helping existing customers to renew their plans.
The relaunch of HealthCare.gov went off with only minor technical glitches on Saturday — a victory for administration officials who have spent a year preparing a more stable version of the website that could handle substantial Web traffic.
The new Gallup findings were released amid controversy over comments by an economist who advised the administration on the law. Jonathan Gruber said that a lack of transparency and the “stupidity of the American voter” helped the law pass. His comments continue to dominate coverage of the law.
But it’s unlikely that the first video with Gruber’s comments had a huge sway over the survey results. The poll was conducted from Nov. 6-9. The video appeared on Nov. 9.
The poll had a sample of 828 adults. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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