IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.
2687d ago / 12:12 AM UTC

NBC News Exit Poll Results: Large Share of Voters Feel Obamacare Went Too Far

According to early NBC News Exit Poll data, voters nationwide are divided about the federal health care law known as Obamacare. A 45 percent plurality of voters nationwide feel that the federal health care law went too far, but a slightly larger share say that either it was about right or did not go far enough. 

This issue has been a vulnerability for Hillary Clinton, as she has vowed to improve but largely preserve Obamacare, despite the recent announcement of large premium cost increases in several states. Since it became law, public opinion about Obamacare has tended to be more negative than positive, though in the early exit poll, opinion is more evenly divided. 

Not surprisingly, voters feeling that the law went too far are breaking decisively for Trump, 80 percent to 13 percent.

Obamacare was, of course, the signature domestic policy of the Obama administration. When voters were asked generally about what policy approach they would like to see from the next president, they split about evenly – some 46 percent said the next president should change to more conservative policies and an equal share said that the next president should either continue Barack Obama’s policies or change to more liberal policies.

These results suggest that even if Hillary Clinton were to win tonight, voters will continue to be divided about domestic policy – including health care.

 

2688d ago / 3:35 PM UTC

Meet the NBC News Exit Poll Desk Team

Throughout Election Night, a team of survey research analysts will be crunching the numbers on who voted, what issues were on their minds and why they voted the way they did.

The team includes Stephanie Psyllos, manager of exit polling, NBC News; Scott Keeter, senior survey advisor at Pew Research Center; Courtney Kennedy, director of survey research at Pew Research Center; Cary Funk, associate director of research at Pew Research Center; Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute; Maureen Michaels, president of Michaels Opinion Research Inc.; Mara Ostfeld, postdoctoral fellow, Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan; Patrick Egan, associate professor of politics and public policy at New York University; Hannah Hartig, assistant director, University of Pennsylvania's Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies; Jennifer Su, senior project director, Princeton Survey Research Associates International; and Andrew Arenge, assistant producer, NBC News. The NBC News Exit Poll Desk works closely with digital editors David Taintor and Elizabeth Johnstone to curate the stories we produce.