Heating Up

Things on the rise this summer: the temperature and opposition to TrumpCare. In a new Politico/Morning Consult poll, only 35 percent of voters approve of the House TrumpCare bill, which doesn’t bode well for Senate Republicans as they prepare to release their bill tomorrow (after weeks of hiding it behind closed doors). Highlights from the poll, courtesy of Politico:

“Opposition to the Republican health bill is growing, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. As the GOP-led Senate prepares to take up the measure, only 35 percent of voters surveyed approve of the bill passed by the House last month. Nearly half of voters, 49 percent, disapprove of the bill.”

“POLITICO/Morning Consult polling indicates the bill has become less popular since the House advanced it in early May.”

“The poll underscores the risks Republicans face in pursuing legislation for which opposition is creeping toward a majority of voters. The Senate’s so-far behind-closed-doors drafting process also complicates Republicans’ efforts to sell the proposal to their own voters — and there’s some evidence of slippageamong the GOP base on the party’s Obamacare repeal bid.”

“Moreover, independent voters disapprove of the bill by a 2-to-1 margin: 26 percent approve, versus 53 percent who disapprove.”