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\f0\b\fs26 \cf0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 BY CHRISTINA HARTMAN
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\f0\fs26 \cf0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 It\'92s been a week since the Supreme Court
upheld President Obama\'92s health care law. And if you\'92re still not sure how to feel
about it, there are more polls out there than we can wrap our heads around.
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Bay News 9}} \f0\b\fs26 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
: \'93Fifty percent of registered voters agree with the Supreme Court's decision. Compare
that with 49 percent who disagree.\'94 \f1\b0\fs24 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
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\f0\b\fs26 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 : \'93Americans who believe the court is doing
a poor job has jumped by 11 points from last week, up to 28 percent from 17 percent.\'94
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CNN}} \f0\b\fs26 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
: \'93Fifty-five percent of independent voters oppose the crux of the law.\'94
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Fox News\'92 Bill O\'92Reilly}} \f0\b\fs26 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
: \'93Forty-one percent of Americans don't even know what's going on.\'94
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\f0\fs26 \cf0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 And what does all this mean for November?
Oh yes, there are polls for that, too. A Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds 31 percent of
GOP voters said they\'92d be more likely to vote as a result of the Supreme Court ruling.
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Politico\'92s Kyle Cheney characterized that}} \f0\fs26 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
as \'93amping" up GOP voters to turn out in November.
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\f0\fs26 \cf0 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 But interestingly, {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
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Kaiser itself concludes only that}}, \b \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
\'93Solid majorities of voters of every political stripe say the decision won\'92t impact whether
or not they vote this November...\'94 \f1\b0\fs24 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10
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\f0\fs26 \kerning1\expnd2\expndtw10 The pollsters have been busy, but so have
lawmakers. Republicans in the House have planned a vote on a full repeal. PS: they\'92ve already
done that, but that\'92s another story. As for the race for the White House, HLN says,
well, there\'92s another poll that says... nothing\'92s really changed.
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: \'93You may feel strongly about the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the health care
law, but as a country, it looks like it hasn't changed who Americans plan to vote for in
November. ... Those numbers are the same as they were in May.\'94
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: \'93Both parties are expecting to make health care a major campaign issue but a poll out
this week shows voters listing the economy and unemployment as their top concerns.\'94}