Support or opposition to repealing the whole Affordable Care Act, asked in CES in 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024 with comparable support/oppose wording.
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Latest: 40% answered “Support” in CES: Repeal the Affordable Care Act, 2024.
Shares of people whose answer maps onto these categories (non-answers and answers outside the scale are left out), because surveys differ in whether they offer “don’t know.” Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| CES: Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act | Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act Thinking now about health care policy, would you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act.] Caveat: Reference wording; binary support/oppose | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act | Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act Thinking now about health care policy, would you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act.] Caveat: Same wording as reference | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Repeal the Affordable Care Act | Repeal the Affordable Care Act Thinking now about health care policy, would you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act.] Caveat: Same wording as reference | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Repeal the Affordable Care Act | Repeal the Affordable Care Act Do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Repeal the Affordable Care Act] Caveat: Dropped 'entire' and health care intro in 2024 wording | equivalent | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |