The Kaiser Family Foundation is out with a new poll showing that the “increased public attention to the Affordable Care Act generated by the Supreme Court’s consideration of the law did not meaningfully change the public’s opinion of the law overall or of the specific provision at the heart of critics’ legal case against it.” In fact, despite the best efforts of conservatives and their allies to malign the law — respondents said they were exposed to more negative than positive message — and the relatively unfriendly coverage surrounding the constitutional challenge, support for the ACA remains split: 42 percent say they have a favorable opinion of the law this month and 43 percent have an unfavorable one.
While a little over half of Americans are telling polsters that the court should rule the mandate unconstitutional — a number that is unchanged since March — a majority still believe that the measure will continue to be implemented and support its individual provisions:
On the whole, these numbers may not paint the most positive picture, but given the coordinated multi-million dollar assault against reform and the relatively slow pace of implementation, it is fairly remarkable that public is almost evenly divided. And it suggests that as the benefits trickle in, the public will be at the very least open to accepting the measure more fully.
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