North Dakota Obamacare Poll
Content
DFM RESEARCH
Interviews:
Margin of Error:
Interview Dates:
Sample:
400 residents over the age 18 that reside in North Dakota
Survey Sponsor:
SMART Transportation Division’s North Dakota Legislative Board and BLET’s North
Dakota Legislative Board
Q4:
+4.9 percentage points
January 17- 26, 2015
Landline and cell phone sample. Random digit numbers provided by Survey Sample
International (SSI) of Fairfield, CT. SSI provided Stone Research with 4,000 residential
random phone numbers from a pool of listed and unlisted numbers in the boundary area,
and 1,700 cell phone numbers; which then were stratified into five distinct regions.
One topic that has been discussed a lot is the Affordable Care Act of 2010, generally
known as ObamaCare. Now that some time has passed since the law has been in effect,
generally speaking do you now approve or disapprove of the Affordable Care Act?
Approve ...........................................................................................
Disapprove .......................................................................................
(VOL) Neutral / Unsure ...................................................................
Gender
Approve
Men
Women
28%
31
Age
18-39
40-64
65 plus
Education
High School/Less
Some College/AA Degree
Bachelor/Graduate Degree
Region
East City
West City
East Rural
Central Rural
West Rural
Party Identification
Democrat
Independent
Republican
Ideology
Liberal
Moderate
Conservative
Tea Party (Favorable)
Tea Party (Unfavorable)
Approve
25
31
34
Approve
25
29
35
Approve
33
33
33
29
15
Approve
67
28
6
Approve
55
42
10
5
44
Disapprove
62
56
Disapprove
64
59
49
Disapprove
59
60
56
Disapprove
50
62
51
60
74
Disapprove
24
56
85
Disapprove
36
43
79
91
39
Unsure
11
13
Unsure
11
10
17
Unsure
15
11
9
Unsure
17
5
15
11
10
Unsure
9
16
9
Unsure
9
15
11
5
17
29%
59
12
GAP
-34% pts
-25
GAP
-39
-28
-15
GAP
-34
-31
-21
GAP
-17
-29
-18
-31
-59
GAP
+43
-28
-79
GAP
+19
- 1
-69
-86
+5
DFM RESEARCH
Q5:
And which would you say best fits your current view of the Affordable Care Act?
A - The law should be repealed in its entirety .................................
B - The law should be scaled back, but portions kept ......................
C - The law should stand as is .........................................................
D - The law should be expanded to provide more coverage ............
E - (VOL) Unsure ............................................................................
Gender
A
B
C
D
E
Men
Women
35%
30
24
32
10
10
19
19
12
10
Age
A
B
C
D
E
18-39
40-64
65 plus
35
34
27
30
32
17
10
7
14
16
21
21
10
6
21
Education
A
B
C
D
E
High School/Less
Some College/AA Degree
Bachelor/Graduate Degree
33
36
28
21
27
38
9
9
11
20
19
18
17
9
5
Region
A
B
C
D
E
East City
West City
East Rural
Central Rural
West Rural
22
34
35
37
40
34
30
24
25
22
13
9
10
7
9
22
18
20
20
15
9
9
12
11
13
Party Identification
A
B
C
D
E
Democrat
Independent
Republican
12
28
53
23
31
26
22
9
2
34
20
8
9
12
11
Ideology
A
B
C
D
E
Liberal
Moderate
Conservative
Tea Party (Favorable)
Tea Party (Unfavorable)
26
14
49
62
15
6
35
29
27
28
18
15
3
1
15
38
25
8
4
28
12
12
10
7
13
33%
28
10
19
11
Interviews:
Margin of Error:
Interview Dates:
Sample:
400 residents over the age 18 that reside in North Dakota
Survey Sponsor:
SMART Transportation Division’s North Dakota Legislative Board and BLET’s North
Dakota Legislative Board
Q4:
+4.9 percentage points
January 17- 26, 2015
Landline and cell phone sample. Random digit numbers provided by Survey Sample
International (SSI) of Fairfield, CT. SSI provided Stone Research with 4,000 residential
random phone numbers from a pool of listed and unlisted numbers in the boundary area,
and 1,700 cell phone numbers; which then were stratified into five distinct regions.
One topic that has been discussed a lot is the Affordable Care Act of 2010, generally
known as ObamaCare. Now that some time has passed since the law has been in effect,
generally speaking do you now approve or disapprove of the Affordable Care Act?
Approve ...........................................................................................
Disapprove .......................................................................................
(VOL) Neutral / Unsure ...................................................................
Gender
Approve
Men
Women
28%
31
Age
18-39
40-64
65 plus
Education
High School/Less
Some College/AA Degree
Bachelor/Graduate Degree
Region
East City
West City
East Rural
Central Rural
West Rural
Party Identification
Democrat
Independent
Republican
Ideology
Liberal
Moderate
Conservative
Tea Party (Favorable)
Tea Party (Unfavorable)
Approve
25
31
34
Approve
25
29
35
Approve
33
33
33
29
15
Approve
67
28
6
Approve
55
42
10
5
44
Disapprove
62
56
Disapprove
64
59
49
Disapprove
59
60
56
Disapprove
50
62
51
60
74
Disapprove
24
56
85
Disapprove
36
43
79
91
39
Unsure
11
13
Unsure
11
10
17
Unsure
15
11
9
Unsure
17
5
15
11
10
Unsure
9
16
9
Unsure
9
15
11
5
17
29%
59
12
GAP
-34% pts
-25
GAP
-39
-28
-15
GAP
-34
-31
-21
GAP
-17
-29
-18
-31
-59
GAP
+43
-28
-79
GAP
+19
- 1
-69
-86
+5
DFM RESEARCH
Q5:
And which would you say best fits your current view of the Affordable Care Act?
A - The law should be repealed in its entirety .................................
B - The law should be scaled back, but portions kept ......................
C - The law should stand as is .........................................................
D - The law should be expanded to provide more coverage ............
E - (VOL) Unsure ............................................................................
Gender
A
B
C
D
E
Men
Women
35%
30
24
32
10
10
19
19
12
10
Age
A
B
C
D
E
18-39
40-64
65 plus
35
34
27
30
32
17
10
7
14
16
21
21
10
6
21
Education
A
B
C
D
E
High School/Less
Some College/AA Degree
Bachelor/Graduate Degree
33
36
28
21
27
38
9
9
11
20
19
18
17
9
5
Region
A
B
C
D
E
East City
West City
East Rural
Central Rural
West Rural
22
34
35
37
40
34
30
24
25
22
13
9
10
7
9
22
18
20
20
15
9
9
12
11
13
Party Identification
A
B
C
D
E
Democrat
Independent
Republican
12
28
53
23
31
26
22
9
2
34
20
8
9
12
11
Ideology
A
B
C
D
E
Liberal
Moderate
Conservative
Tea Party (Favorable)
Tea Party (Unfavorable)
26
14
49
62
15
6
35
29
27
28
18
15
3
1
15
38
25
8
4
28
12
12
10
7
13
33%
28
10
19
11
