Too bad Megan McArdle didn't have the room to post the second graph.
Here's the page she pulled it from. It's the next graph down: http://www.gallup.com/poll/124253/Say-Health-Coverage-Not-Gov-Responsibility.aspx
Actually, it's not Americans who "aren't buyin' it." It's a particular subset of Americans. Wanna take a wild guess who the particular subset is?
Hint: 73% of Democrats felt government had a responsibility in 2000, 74% said so in 2004, and 74% say so today. That represents the low figure. According to the last decade of poll results shown, Democratic support has never been under 73% on this question.
Hint #2: The previous support from the mystery subset of Americans was very nearly a straight line for nine years, from 1999-2007. But their response, so reliable for so long, has fallen off the table: 43%-44-45-41-43-42-39-41-38-29-21% This group's breathtaking change of heart accounts for the entirety of the overall drop.
Okay, guessing time is over. Go take a look at the second graph, but watch out. The surprise answer is so unexpected, you just might not be able to bring yourself to buy it!
Too bad Megan McArdle didn't have the room to post the second graph.
ReplyDeleteHere's the page she pulled it from. It's the next graph down:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/124253/Say-Health-Coverage-Not-Gov-Responsibility.aspx
Actually, it's not Americans who "aren't buyin' it." It's a particular subset of Americans. Wanna take a wild guess who the particular subset is?
Hint: 73% of Democrats felt government had a responsibility in 2000, 74% said so in 2004, and 74% say so today. That represents the low figure. According to the last decade of poll results shown, Democratic support has never been under 73% on this question.
Hint #2: The previous support from the mystery subset of Americans was very nearly a straight line for nine years, from 1999-2007. But their response, so reliable for so long, has fallen off the table: 43%-44-45-41-43-42-39-41-38-29-21%
This group's breathtaking change of heart accounts for the entirety of the overall drop.
Okay, guessing time is over. Go take a look at the second graph, but watch out. The surprise answer is so unexpected, you just might not be able to bring yourself to buy it!