Voters And Health Care In The 2004 Election
Affiliations
- Bob Blendon ( [email protected] ) is a professor of health policy and political analysis at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and the John F. Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mollyann Brodie is vice president and director of public opinion and media research, at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Menlo Park, California. Drew Altman is the foundation's president. John Benson is managing director of the Harvard Opinion Research Program, Harvard School of Public Health. Elizabeth Hamel is associate director of public opinion and media research, Kaiser Family Foundation.
Abstract
ABSTRACT:
Exit polls showed that health care was a second-tier issue in the 2004 presidential race and that it was more important to Democratic than Republican voters. Those who considered health care the most important issue in their voting decision voted overwhelmingly for John Kerry. An analysis of national opinion surveys and exit polls shows that Republican and Democratic voters expressed dramatically differing views on key health policy issues. With the exception of malpractice reform and reducing federal health spending, health care is not likely to be a top issue for the Bush administration's second term.
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