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Fascinating. This poll is from 2018, but I just saw it.
"More than half of Republicans in a new American Barometer poll say they support "Medicare for all," also known as a single-payer health-care system.
The survey, conducted by Hill.TV and the HarrisX polling company, found that 52 percent of Republicans polled said they supported the option, while 48 percent said they opposed it.
Twenty-five percent said they "strongly" supported "Medicare for all," while 27 percent said they "somewhat" supported it.
Twenty-two percent said they "somewhat" opposed the idea, while 26 percent said they "strongly" opposed it. "
thehill.com
Wow! That's really interesting. That means that the majority of Republicans are for what Reagan called "socialism" back in the 1960s. Despite all their bluster, then really do seem to be moving left as a group, at least on this issue.
It's now not even "Stop socialized medicine and keep your government hands off my Medicare". They are now even afraid of losing their Obamacare:
Maybe the way to understand all this is that anything that helps those "others" is socialism- but anything that helps them is not. That's the only way I can make any sense of it.
"More than half of Republicans in a new American Barometer poll say they support "Medicare for all," also known as a single-payer health-care system.
The survey, conducted by Hill.TV and the HarrisX polling company, found that 52 percent of Republicans polled said they supported the option, while 48 percent said they opposed it.
Twenty-five percent said they "strongly" supported "Medicare for all," while 27 percent said they "somewhat" supported it.
Twenty-two percent said they "somewhat" opposed the idea, while 26 percent said they "strongly" opposed it. "
Majority of Republicans supports ‘Medicare for all,’ poll finds
More than half of Republicans in a new American Barometer poll say they support “Medicare for all,” also known as a single-payer health-care system. The survey, conducted by H…
thehill.com
Wow! That's really interesting. That means that the majority of Republicans are for what Reagan called "socialism" back in the 1960s. Despite all their bluster, then really do seem to be moving left as a group, at least on this issue.
It's now not even "Stop socialized medicine and keep your government hands off my Medicare". They are now even afraid of losing their Obamacare:
Maybe the way to understand all this is that anything that helps those "others" is socialism- but anything that helps them is not. That's the only way I can make any sense of it.
