MORNING CONSULT

This Morning Consult poll was conducted from August 1-3, 2014, among a national sample of
1,825 registered 2014 voters. The interviews were conducted online and the data were weighted to
approximate a target sample of likely voters based on age, race/ethnicity, gender, educational
attainment, region, annual household income, home ownership status and marital status. Results
from the full survey have a margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points.
POLL: STATE-SPONSORED
INSURANCE EXCHANGES
2
43%
41%
40%
49%
57%
59%
60%
51%
Total DEM
(38%)
IND
(32%)
GOP
(30%)
A MAJORITY OF VOTERS ACROSS POLITICAL PARTIES
HAVE NOT HAD MUCH EXPOSURE TO THE ISSUE
HIGHLIGHTED BY THE HALBIG CASE.
How much, if at all, have you heard about a legal challenge to the 2010 health care
law where a federal appeals court ruled the Internal Revenue Service cannot provide
federal subsidies to consumers purchasing health insurance in 36 states?
A lot/
Some
Not
much/
Nothing
at all
By Party Total
A lot/
Some
A lot/
Some
A lot/
Some
Not
much/
Nothing
at all
Not
much/
Nothing
at all
Not
much/
Nothing
at all
3
43%
41%
48%
36%
57%
59%
60%
51%
Total Urban
(22%)
Suburban
(53%)
Rural
(25%)
MAJORITIES FROM EVERY REGION HAVE NOT HEARD
ABOUT THE LEGAL CHALLENGE, SUBURBAN VOTERS
HAVE HEARD THE MOST AT 48%.
How much, if at all, have you heard about a legal challenge to the 2010 health care
law where a federal appeals court ruled the Internal Revenue Service cannot provide
federal subsidies to consumers purchasing health insurance in 36 states?
A lot/
Some
Not
much/
Nothing
at all
By Region Total
A lot/
Some
A lot/
Some
A lot/
Some
Not
much/
Nothing
at all
Not
much/
Nothing
at all
Not
much/
Nothing
at all
4
25%
17%
25%
33%
Total DEM
(38%)
IND
(30%)
GOP
(32%)
Those who say that provision was a
drafting error...
... provision was written to limit subsidies to
state-run exchanges
PARTISAN SPLIT ON WHETHER PROVISION LIMITING
SUBSIDIES TO STATE-RUN EXCHANGES WAS AN ERROR,
MOST RESPONDED DONT KNOW/NO OPINION.
The 2010 health care law includes a provision that says that federal subsidies to those purchasing health
insurance will be available to those buying insurance on state-run exchanges. Some say that provision is
a drafting error that was written to offer subsidies to state-run and federal exchanges, and that at the time
of its writing, it was assumed states would be running their own exchanges. Others say the provision of
the law was written to limit subsidies to the state-run exchanges, and that the Obama administration
should be required to follow the letter of the law. Who do you agree with more?
22%
30%
17% 17%
Total DEM
(38%)
IND
(30%)
GOP
(32%)
5
25%
17%
25%
33%
Total DEM
(38%)
IND
(30%)
GOP
(32%)
Those who say that provision was a
drafting error...
... provision was written to limit subsidies to
state-run exchanges
PLURALITIES FROM EACH REGION ALSO RESPONDED,
DONT KNOW/NO OPINION TO THE QUESTION.
The 2010 health care law includes a provision that says that federal subsidies to those purchasing health
insurance will be available to those buying insurance on state-run exchanges. Some say that provision is
a drafting error that was written to offer subsidies to state-run and federal exchanges, and that at the time
of its writing, it was assumed states would be running their own exchanges. Others say the provision of
the law was written to limit subsidies to the state-run exchanges, and that the Obama administration
should be required to follow the letter of the law. Who do you agree with more?
25%
24%
26%
22%
Total Urban
(22%)
Suburban
(53%)
Rural
(25%)
22%
23%
24%
16%
Total Urban
(22%)
Suburban
(53%)
Rural
(25%)
6
58%
71%
50%
49%
15%
7%
16%
23%
Total DEM
(38%)
IND
(32%)
GOP
(30%)
ABOUT 7 IN 10 DEMOCRATS BELIEVE ACCESS SHOULD
BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY WHETHER STATE
OR FEDERAL EXCHANGE
Do you think people purchasing health insurance should have access to subsidies if
they meet all other qualifications, regardless of whether the exchange was set up by
the states or by the federal government?
Yes No
By Party Total
Yes Yes Yes
No No
7
58%
65%
55%
57%
15%
11%
17%
13%
Total Urban
(22%)
Suburban
(53%)
Rural
(25%)
LESS THAN 1 IN 5 RESPONDENTS SAID THOSE WHO QUALIFY
SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO SUBSIDIES IF THEY SIGNED
UP WITH A STATE-SPONSORED INSURANCE EXCHANGE
Do you think people purchasing health insurance should have access to subsidies if
they meet all other qualifications, regardless of whether the exchange was set up by
the states or by the federal government?
By Region Total
Yes
Yes Yes Yes No No No No
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