Rasmussen: Fear of Losing Private Insurance Trumps Hope of Public Option

Breaking over the wires now:

Sixty-three percent (63%) of voters nationwide say guaranteeing that no one is forced to change their health insurance coverage is a higher priority than giving people the choice of a public option. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 29% take the opposite view. They say it’s more important to give people the choice between private insurance and a government-sponsored non-profit health insurance option.

Most liberal voters say giving people the choice of a public option is more important. But, most moderates take the opposite view and Republicans overwhelmingly agree with them.

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Posted Oct 4th 2009 at 5:31 am in Healthcare, Politics | 1206264 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/publius/2009/10/04/rasmussen-fear-of-losing-private-insurance-trumps-hope-of-public-option/Rasmussen%3A+Fear+of+Losing+Private+Insurance+Trumps+Hope+of+Public+Option2009-10-04+12%3A31%3A24Publius

Ethics Are Voters’ Top Issue? How Did That Happen…

Scott Rasmussen’s latest poll findings on the voters’ top issues is pretty interesting:

For nearly two years, economic issues have held the top spot in terms of importance among voters.

But the latest national telephone survey shows that 83% now view government ethics and corruption as very important, placing it just ahead of the economy on a list of 10 key electoral issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports.

The great blog, Powerline speculates:

Still, it’s a striking change. What caused it? The only thing that has happened in the last couple of weeks that can account for the shift, I think, is James O’Keefe’s and Hannah Giles’ exposure of the incredible depth of corruption to which ACORN, closely identified with government at all levels and the Democratic Party, has fallen. That may also explain why 43% of voters say President Obama has done a “poor” job of “addressing government ethics and reducing corruption.”

Those waiting for the “even one individual can make a difference” number to come up, please come to the window to collect your winnings.

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Posted Oct 1st 2009 at 7:05 pm in ACORN, Congress, Culture | 1131067 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/publius/2009/10/01/ethics-are-voters-top-issue-how-did-that-happen/Ethics+Are+Voters%27+Top+Issue%3F+How+Did+That+Happen...2009-10-02+02%3A05%3A57Publius