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2014 Political Polarization Survey

Table 4.7 Government Role In Health Care

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These questions are discussed in Section 4 of the report.

Gov’t responsibility Not gov’t responsibility
Total % Nat’l gov’t health insurance system % Mix of private/gov’t system % Total % Keep Medicare/Medicaid % Gov’t not involved % (N)
TOTAL 47 21 23 50 43 6 3,341
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean 18 7 10 80 66 13 1,340
Dem/Dem lean 69 33 34 28 26 2 1,572
PARTY ID
Republican 17 7 9 81 68 12 788
Democrat 71 34 34 26 24 2 1,036
Independent 44 20 22 53 46 7 1,320
Lean Republican 20 8 11 78 64 13 552
Lean Democrat 67 31 34 31 29 2 536
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently Conservative 2 0 2 98 75 20 347
Mostly Conservative 15 5 8 83 65 17 625
Mixed 44 18 24 52 47 4 1,179
Mostly Liberal 69 28 38 27 25 1 698
Consistently Liberal 89 54 31 10 10 0 492
SEX
Men 45 22 20 53 44 9 1,631
Women 49 20 26 48 42 4 1,710
AGE
18-49 50 23 25 47 40 6 1,336
50+ 43 19 22 54 47 6 1,960
DETAILED AGE
18-29 55 26 26 44 36 7 483
30-49 47 21 24 50 43 6 853
50-64 43 19 21 55 47 6 1,028
65+ 44 18 23 53 45 6 932
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49 49 24 22 50 40 9 692
Men 50+ 39 19 18 58 49 9 922
Women 18-49 51 22 27 45 41 4 644
Women 50+ 46 18 25 51 45 5 1,038
RACE
White, non-Hispanic 38 17 19 59 51 7 2,407
Black, non-Hispanic 74 29 39 22 20 2 348
Hispanic 61 31 28 36 30 5 301
EDUCATION
College grad+ 51 23 25 48 40 7 1,378
Post grad 54 25 26 44 37 6 491
College grad 49 22 25 50 42 7 887
Some college 41 20 19 56 47 8 977
HS or less 49 20 25 47 42 5 972
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+ 41 19 20 58 47 11 1,020
$30,000-$74,999 42 18 22 56 49 7 1,026
<$30,000 55 25 27 40 36 4 971
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant 41 16 22 57 48 7 1,673
White NH evang. Prot. 27 8 17 70 59 9 624
White NH mainline Prot. 31 14 16 65 55 9 583
Total Catholic 46 21 23 50 42 7 715
White NH Cath. 35 13 21 62 51 10 496
Unaffiliated 60 33 24 37 34 4 591
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more 41 16 23 56 47 8 1,270
Less than weekly 49 24 24 48 41 6 2,031
REGION
Northeast 54 26 27 44 39 5 606
Midwest 42 18 21 54 47 6 724
South 44 19 22 53 46 7 1,240
West 50 23 24 47 39 7 771
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men 17 8 8 82 64 17 721
Women 20 7 12 77 68 7 619
18-29 29 12 16 68 55 13 163
30-49 17 8 9 81 67 13 315
50-64 14 6 8 84 71 12 430
65+ 16 5 10 83 68 12 417
Agree with Tea Party 4 1 3 95 73 21 555
Disagree/No opinion 26 11 14 71 62 8 761
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men 71 36 32 28 26 2 709
Women 68 30 35 28 26 2 863
18-29 72 34 36 28 24 4 240
30-49 68 32 33 29 27 2 409
50-64 69 34 32 29 28 1 467
65+ 70 30 35 25 23 2 441
AMONG WHITES
Men 37 18 17 61 50 10 1,177
Women 39 15 21 58 52 5 1,230
18-29 44 23 20 54 46 8 274
30-49 37 15 20 60 52 7 561
50-64 36 17 17 62 53 8 761
65+ 37 15 20 60 51 7 790
College grad 44 20 22 54 45 8 1,091
Some college or less 35 15 18 62 54 7 1,311
College grad men 44 22 20 56 44 11 566
College grad women 45 18 24 53 46 6 525
Some col or less men 34 17 15 64 53 10 609
Some col or less women 36 14 20 60 54 5 702
$75,000+ 38 18 18 61 49 11 839
$30,000-$74,999 33 15 18 64 56 7 760
<$30,000 44 18 23 52 46 5 578
Table 4.8 Future of Social Security
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