September 10-21, 2008: Kaiser/Harvard Pre-Election Poll: Voters, Health Care and the 2008 Election—National survey of registered voters on financial assistance from the government to help low- and middle-income people purchase health insurance.
“Following are some elements that are being discussed as the (2008) presidential (election) candidates debate over health care. For each, please tell me if you find this element favorable or unfavorable. How about…financial assistance from the government to help low and middle-income people purchase insurance? Do you find this favorable or unfavorable? (If Favorable/Unfavorable, ask:) Is that somewhat or very favorable/unfavorable?”
44% Very favorable
31% Somewhat favorable
12% Somewhat unfavorable
11% Very unfavorable
2% Don۪t know
* Refused
Subpopulation/Note: . * = less than .5%.
Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Harvard School of Public Health. Methodology: Interviewing conducted by ICR-International Communications Research, September 10 – September 21, 2008 and based on 1,622 telephone interviews. Sample: national registered voters. [USICR.08PREELEC.R13A]
Formal Citation
Kaiser/Harvard Pre-Election Poll: Voters, Health Care and the 2008 Election, Sep, 2008. Retrieved Sep-9-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html