Swing State Voters Want the Affordable Care Act Held Unconstitutional or Repealed

(Randy Barnett)

This new Quinnipac study of swing state voters in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania shows the Democratic Party slightly more popular than the Republican Party (and President Obama opening a 47% – 39% lead over Mitt Romney in Pennsylvania):

4. Is your opinion of the Republican Party favorable, unfavorable or haven’t you heard enough about it?

FL OH PA
Favorable 42% 37% 35%
Unfavorable 45 47 51
Hvn't hrd enough 9 12 10
REFUSED 4 4 5

5. Is your opinion of the Democratic Party favorable, unfavorable or haven’t you heard enough about it?

FL OH PA
Favorable 43% 42% 45%
Unfavorable 45 45 41
Hvn't hrd enough 7 9 9
REFUSED 5 4 5

Yet these same voters — including voters in Pennsylvania — want the Affordable Care Act either repealed:

14. Do you think Congress should try to repeal the health care law, or should they let it stand?

FL OH PA
Repeal it 53% 52% 46%
Let it stand 39 37 42
DK/NA 9 11 12

Or found by the Supreme Court to be unconstitutional:

15. The Supreme Court has heard a challenge to the health care law. Do you want the Supreme Court to uphold the health care law or overturn it?

FL OH PA
Uphold it 38% 37% 43%
Overturn it 51 51 46
DK/NA 11 12 11

H/T Jim Geraghty