USA Residents
Do you think a public option is a good thing or a bad thing to include in heath care reform?
Good thing Bad thing Unsure
Row % Row % Row %
USA Residents 60% 27% 13%
Registered Voters 59% 28% 13%
Party ID Democrat 75% 12% 13%
Republican 40% 49% 11%
Independent 57% 30% 13%
Party ID by Gender Democratic men 72% 12% 16%
Democratic women 77% 12% 11%
Republican men 37% 58% 5%
Republican women 43% 41% 17%
Independent men 51% 33% 17%
Independent women 65% 26% 9%
Ideology Liberal 79% 7% 14%
Moderate 67% 22% 11%
Conservative 43% 44% 13%
Region Northeast 59% 25% 16%
Midwest 62% 26% 12%
South 53% 34% 13%
West 70% 18% 11%
Household Income Less than $50,000 59% 26% 15%
$50,000 or more 62% 30% 9%
Education Not college graduate 61% 24% 15%
College graduate 57% 34% 10%
Age 18 to 29 68% 14% 18%
30 to 44 66% 21% 13%
45 to 59 58% 32% 10%
60 or older 51% 35% 14%
Gender Men 56% 30% 14%
Women 64% 24% 12%
Marist Poll National Residents "N=1026 MOE +/- 3%" Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding.