But rhetoric from opponents clouds the bill, casting doubt in the minds of even those who support those components. (E.g. death panels for the Affordable Healthcare Act. Even though the real death panels are the insurance processors who deny claims as part of a means of cost saving.)
Some interesting breakdowns of the tax increase bit here:
E. Increasing the taxes paid by people who make more than 250 thousand dollars a year Base = Total Sample Total Men Women White Non-White ----- ----- ----- ----- --------- Favor 63% 59% 66% 58% 75% Oppose 37% 40% 34% 41% 25% No opinion 1% 1% * 1% * Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-4.5 +/-4.5 +/-3.5 +/-7.0 18- 35- 50- Under 50 and Total 34 49 64 65+ 50 Older ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ------ Favor 63% 65% 63% 59% 63% 64% 61% Oppose 37% 34% 37% 41% 36% 35% 39% No opinion 1% 1% * 1% * 1% 1% Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-8.5 +/-7.0 +/-5.5 +/-5.5 +/-5.5 +/-4.0 Under $50K No Attended Total $50K or more College College ----- ----- ------- ------- -------- Favor 63% 67% 59% 65% 61% Oppose 37% 32% 41% 34% 39% No opinion 1% 1% * 1% * Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-5.0 +/-4.5 +/-5.5 +/-3.5 Demo- Indep- Repub- Lib- Mod- Conser- Total crat endent lican eral erate vative ----- ----- ------ ------ ----- ----- ------- Favor 63% 83% 63% 37% 85% 68% 43% Oppose 37% 17% 35% 62% 15% 30% 57% No opinion 1% * 1% * * 1% * Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-5.5 +/-5.0 +/-6.0 +/-6.5 +/-5.0 +/-5.0 North Mid- Sub- Total east west South West Urban urban Rural ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Favor 63% 67% 61% 61% 62% 67% 64% 53% Oppose 37% 32% 37% 38% 38% 33% 34% 46% No opinion 1% * 2% * * * 1% 1% Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-6.5 +/-6.5 +/-5.5 +/-6.5 +/-5.5 +/-4.5 +/-6.5 Tea Pty Tea Pty Tea Pty Total Support Neutral Oppose ----- ------- ------- ------- Favor 63% 25% 68% 84% Oppose 37% 75% 32% 16% No opinion 1% * * * Sampling Error +/-3.0 +/-6.0 +/-5.0 +/-5.5
* percentage less than 1%
In other words, Gbaji's "people oppose more taxes" in the other thread is only around a third of the population.
(I wish we had a table function or a "preserve spacing" option on this forum.)
Edited, Oct 18th 2011 3:10pm by catwho
Edited, Oct 18th 2011 3:12pm by catwho