Implications of the 2012 Election for Health Care — The Voters' Perspective

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  • JBJohn M. Benson
    John M. Benson
  • ABAmanda Brulé
    Amanda Brulé
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Abstract
In October, we reported on voters' views of health care and how those views might influence their choices in the 2012 election.1 Now that the election is over, we have analyzed a range of pre-election and post-election polls as part of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation project. The data are derived from three types of polls. The first is a 2012 national exit poll, comprising the responses of 26,565 voters as they exited voting places and those from 4408 telephone interviews (landline and cell phone) with early and absentee voters. The second are 11 pre-election polls conducted by telephone (landline and cell phone) from September to November 2012 with 563 to 1495 likely or registered voters. The third are 16 pre-election polls conducted by telephone (landline only) in October and November of the presidential election years from 2000 through 2008 with 600 to 1200 likely or registered voters.

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