Our election night poll in PA-18 found that health care was a defining issue in the race. 52% said it was either the most important issue or very important in their vote, and Conor Lamb won those voters 62-38: publicpolicypolling.com/wp-content/upl…
Only 39% of voters in PA-18 supported the GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, 53% were opposed. Among independents- who Lamb won 58-41- just 33% supported GOP repeal efforts with 63% opposed: publicpolicypolling.com/wp-content/upl…
41% of voters said Saccone’s support for GOP health care agenda made them less likely to vote for him to only 28% who said more likely. By contrast 48% of voters said Lamb’s health care positions made them more likely to vote for him, only 27% less likely: publicpolicypolling.com/wp-content/upl…
Even with the close race overall Lamb beat Saccone 45-38 on the metric of which candidate voters thought was more in line with them on health care, and the advantage for Lamb extended to 50-34 with independents: publicpolicypolling.com/wp-content/upl…
One particularly noteworthy health care poll finding in PA-18...voters there support the Affordable Care Act 44-42. That it’s now supported even in Trump +20 districts really speaks to how much things have shifted on that since GOP repeal efforts: publicpolicypolling.com/wp-content/upl…
One final note on our election night health care poll in PA-18. Trump’s approval rating among yesterday’s voters was only 50-48 in a district he won by 20 points: publicpolicypolling.com/wp-content/upl…
This survey was conducted on behalf of Protect Our Care and SEIU
