President Obama's holding the line at an even division in public views on health care reform, boosted by support for two key elements -- a personal mandate and a public option -- and aided by continued weakness in the opposition party.(ABC News Photo Illustration)
POLL: Obama Holds Steady on Health Reform (click title to entry - thank you)
ABC News-Washington Post Poll: 57 Percent Support Public Option
ANALYSIS By GARY LANGER
Oct. 19, 2009
...Americans divide about evenly on the reform plan and Obama's handling of health care alike – neither better nor worse for him since summer. But 57 percent support one of the plan's most contentious elements, a government-sponsored insurance option, and that soars to 76 percent if it's limited to those who can't get affordable private insurance....
PDF of Survey (click here)
