Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2017
G.O.P. Senators might not realize it, but not one state supports the Republican Health Bill
14 June 2017 - It’s no secret that the American Health Care Act is unpopular. In recent national polls, only about 29% of Americans support the bill.
It is the most unpopular piece of major legislation Congress has considered in decades — even more unloved than TARP (“the bailout”), and much more unpopular than the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
Will Republican senators vote yes on a bill this unpopular? To hang on to their jobs, senators have to keep only voters in their own states happy, not the whole nation. Perhaps red-state senators, or even some senators in swing states, might think their states are friendlier to the bill than the nation as a whole.
