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CNN/ORC POLL ON OBAMA'S PLAN TO REFORM HEALTH CARE

21.       From everything you have heard or read so far, do you favor or oppose Barack Obama's plan to reform health care?

June 26-28

2009

Favor                                          51%

Oppose                                      45%

No opinion                                  4%

FOR COMPARISON:

CNN/USA TODAY/GALLUP TRENDS

Favor

Oppose

No opinion

Bill Clinton

1994 Jul 15-17

40%

55%

5%

1994 Jun 25-28

43%

49%

8%

1994 May 20-22

46%

49%

5%

1994 Apr 16-18

43%

47%

10%

1994 Mar 28-30

44%

47%

9%

1994 Feb 26-28

46%

48%

6%

1994 Jan 28-30

57%

38%

5%

1994 Jan 15-17

56%

38%

6%

1993 Nov 19-21

52%

41%

7%

1993 Nov 2-4

52%

40%

8%

1993 Oct 28-30

45%

45%

10%

1993 Sep 24-26

59%

33%

8%

1993 Sep 10-12*

54%

31%

14%

*WORDING: From what you have heard or read so far, do you favor or oppose Bill Clinton's ideas about reforming health care?

22.    Do you think the country's health care system needs a great deal of reform, only some reform, or no reform at all?

June 26-28        Nov. 2-4

2009 2007

Great deal                                   55%                 62%

Only some                                  40%                 32%

No reform at all                            5%                   6%

No opinion                                    *                      *

CNN/TIME TRENDS

June 30–

July 1
1998

Feb. –

Mar.

1995

Aug-
Sept.
1994

April

1993

Great deal

52

50

51

63

Only some

40

44

38

34

No reform at all

4

4

9

3

Not sure

4

2

2

-

Dates conducted: June 26-28. Error margin: 3 points.

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