This new Quinnipac study of swing state voters in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania shows the Democratic Party slightly more popular than the Republican Party (and President Obama opening a 47% – 39% lead over Mitt Romney in Pennsylvania):
4. Is your opinion of the Republican Party favorable, unfavorable or haven’t you heard enough about it?
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FL OH PA
Favorable 42% 37% 35%
Unfavorable 45 47 51
Hvn't hrd enough 9 12 10
REFUSED 4 4 5
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5. Is your opinion of the Democratic Party favorable, unfavorable or haven’t you heard enough about it?
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FL OH PA
Favorable 43% 42% 45%
Unfavorable 45 45 41
Hvn't hrd enough 7 9 9
REFUSED 5 4 5
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Yet these same voters — including voters in Pennsylvania — want the Affordable Care Act either repealed:
14. Do you think Congress should try to repeal the health care law, or should they let it stand?
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FL OH PA
Repeal it 53% 52% 46%
Let it stand 39 37 42
DK/NA 9 11 12
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Or found by the Supreme Court to be unconstitutional:
15. The Supreme Court has heard a challenge to the health care law. Do you want the Supreme Court to uphold the health care law or overturn it?
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FL OH PA
Uphold it 38% 37% 43%
Overturn it 51 51 46
DK/NA 11 12 11
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H/T Jim Geraghty