MISSISSIPPI MEDICAID EXPANSION GOP PRIMARY VOTER POLL RESULTS

A total of 625 voters were interviewed statewide by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy between
February 26 and March 1, 2024. All indicated they regularly vote in state primary elections
and always choose the Republican primary ballot. The margin for error is +/- 4 percentage
points.

QUESTION: In 2010, President Barack Obama pushed Obamacare through Congress.

Republicans opposed the law. Do you believe Republicans were right or wrong to oppose
Obamacare?

Right to oppose 81%

Wrong to oppose 7%
Not sure 12%

QUESTION: President Obama promised the law would bring down the cost of healthcare and
make it easier for people to see the doctor of their choice. Do you believe Obamacare has or
has not delivered on these promises?

Has 3%
Has not 89%
Not sure 8%

QUESTION: Former President Trump recently said that Obamacare is not good and if he is
elected President in 2024 he will repeal and replace it. Do you agree or disagree with
President Trump that Obamacare should be repealed and replaced?

Agree 90%
Disagree 8%
Not Sure 2%

QUESTION: A major part of the Obamacare law was expansion of Medicaid. The law allowed
states to give Medicaid to able-bodied adults without children. Do you think Mississippi
should or should not adopt Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion?

Should 10%
Should not 81%
Not sure 9%

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QUESTION: Republican Governor Tate Reeves has said he opposes Obamacare’s Medicaid
expansion for Mississippi. Do you think Governor Tate Reeves is right or wrong to oppose
Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion?

Right 85%
Wrong 10%
Not Sure 5%

QUESTION: Medicaid expansion will primarily benefit able-bodied adults who refuse to work.
Knowing this, do you support or oppose Medicaid expansion?

Support 9%
Oppose 90%
Undecided 1%

QUESTION: Courts have ruled that work requirements for Medicaid are illegal and President
Biden has refused to grant states permission to use work requirements. Knowing this, do you
support or oppose Medicaid expansion?

Support 12%
Oppose 82%
Undecided 6%

QUESTION: Mississippi currently has the highest percentage of working aged adults who are
not working or trying to find a job. Do you believe that providing free health insurance to
people who refuse to work will make this problem better or worse?

Better 5%
Worse 91%
Not sure 4%

QUESTION: There are 1.2 million workers in Mississippi. Medicaid expansion in Mississippi
could lead to the state having as many people on welfare as are working. Do you think it
would be a good thing or a bad thing for the state to have the same number of people on
welfare as are working?

Good Thing 2%
Bad Thing 96%
Not Sure 2%
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QUESTION: State and federal taxpayers currently pay $7 billion a year funding Mississippi’s
Medicaid program without expansion. This is nearly 3 times what the state spends on
education. Do you think the state is or is not already spending enough on Medicaid?

Yes, is spending enough 86%

No, is not spending enough 9%
Not sure 5%

QUESTION: Since Louisiana and Arkansas expanded Medicaid, their Medicaid budgets have
basically doubled. Knowing this, do you support or oppose Medicaid expansion?

Support 9%
Oppose 88%
Undecided 3%

QUESTION: Every state that has expanded Medicaid has experienced new enrollees and costs
far higher than what was estimated before expansion. Knowing this, do you support or
oppose Medicaid expansion?

Support 7%
Oppose 91%
Undecided 2%

QUESTION: People in favor of Medicaid expansion argue that most of the money for the
program comes from the federal government. Our national debt is over $34 trillion. The
federal government may cut the amount of money it sends for Medicaid in the future to save
programs like Medicare and Social Security. This would lead to much higher state taxes and
cuts to important priorities like education. Knowing this, do you support of oppose Medicaid
expansion?

Support 8%
Oppose 91%
Undecided 1%

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QUESTION: Arkansas expanded Medicaid in 2014. Louisiana expanded in 2016. Arkansas
currently ranks last in the nation for health outcomes and Louisiana ranks 48th. There is no
evidence that Medicaid expansion actually improves people’s health. Knowing this, do you
support or oppose Medicaid expansion?

Support 8%
Oppose 90%
Undecided 2%

QUESTION: Proponents of Medicaid expansion have argued it will help Mississippi’s rural
hospitals. Arkansas and Louisiana, two states that have expanded Medicaid have the same
percentage of rural hospitals at risk as Mississippi. Knowing this, do you support or oppose
Medicaid expansion?

Support 8%
Oppose 91%
Undecided 1%

QUESTION: If you had to choose between funding Mississippi’s school children and funding
Medicaid expansion, which one would you choose?

School funding 88%

Medicaid funding 6%
Not sure 6%

QUESTION: If you had to choose between funding teacher pay raises and funding Medicaid
expansion, which one would you choose?

Teacher pay funding 85%

Medicaid funding 9%
Not sure 6%

QUESTION: If you had to choose between funding roads and bridges and funding Medicaid
expansion, which one would you choose?

Road & bridge funding 90%

Medicaid funding 7%
Not sure 3%

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DEMOGRAPHICS:

AGE:

18-34 60 (10%)
35-49 161 (26%)
50-64 183 (29%)
65+ 217 (35%)
Refused 4 (1%)

GENDER ID:

Male 340 (54%)

Female 284 (45%)
Other 1