Associated Press Poll on the Health Care Overhaul, by Stanford University With the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, October-November 2009 [United States]

This poll was intended to measure public opinion about the proposed health care overhaul that was being considered by the United States Congress while the survey was in the field. It measured support and opposition to certain general goals for the overhaul, as well as support and opposition to specific policy proposals. Other topics investigated by the survey include health status, health insurance status, health care system experience, general perceptions of the health care system, political ideology, and approval/disapproval of the Obama Administration's performance. Demographic characteristics covered by the survey include marital status, employment status, year of birth, home tenure, religion, religiosity, race, Hispanic origin, and income.