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Twelve percent (12%) of voters nationwide believe that most opponents of President Obama’s health care reform plan are racist. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 67% of voters disagree, and 21% are not sure.
Eighty-eight percent (88%) of Republicans reject the notion that most of the opponents are racist. So do 78% of voters not affiliated with either major party.
However, just 39% of Democrats share that view. Twenty-two percent (22%) of those in the president’s party say that most of the opposition to his plan comes from racists, and another 39% are not sure.
Wilson’s comment forced the White House to issue a clarification of its position on health care coverage for illegal aliens and added a further complication for advocates of the plan, as eighty-three percent (83%) of voters nationwide say that people should be required to prove they are citizens before receiving government health care benefits.
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