May 31, 2012 9:55AM 

# How to Tell When ObamaCare Takes a Beating in the Kaiser Poll: the Headline Is about Something Else 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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Consider these charts from the latest Kaiser Family Foundation tracking [poll](http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/8315.cfm), released today.

Even when pollsters tell the public that ObamaCare is “reform,” the public still doesn’t like it.

![Media Name: 201205_blog_cannon311.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/201205_blog_cannon311.jpg?itok=iOnIE2ai) 

ObamaCare’s slip in this month’s poll is the result of a simultaneous drop in support among both Democrats and Independents.

![Media Name: 201205_blog_cannon312.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/201205_blog_cannon312.jpg?itok=gGFM4Cm3) 

The people who hate ObamaCare are really, really angry. And they are not going away.

![Media Name: 201205_blog_cannon3131.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/201205_blog_cannon3131.jpg?itok=Aku1XX4a) 

The following shares of voters believe ObamaCare will either be of no use or will be harmful to the following groups: children (47 percent), young adults (51 percent), women (50 percent), the country as a whole (55 percent), themselves and their families (68 percent).

![Media Name: 201205_blog_cannon314.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/201205_blog_cannon314.jpg?itok=mP7jowXw) 

Bear in mind, ObamaCare has always fared better in the Kaiser tracking poll than other polls.

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