Obama Voters See Bigger Healthcare Impact

More supporters of Democratic nominee Barack Obama say his election will make a great difference in healthcare than do supporters of GOP nominee John McCain.

A survey conducted by Harvard Public Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health and Harris Interactive focused on whether voters believe the results of this presidential election will make “a great deal of difference” in the state of the nation’s health care and other policy areas.

For most Obama voters, the outcome of this election is seen as making a great deal of difference for healthcare — 59 percent — compared to the 40 percent of McCain voters, who share this view.

“These findings confirm that Democrats care more than Republicans about healthcare policies,” Humphrey Taylor, chairman of The Harris Poll said in a statement. “During the primary season, healthcare was much more important in Democratic than in Republican primaries. Now Obama voters are more likely than McCain voters to think that the result of the election will make a big difference to the healthcare system.”

The sampling error for the registered voters surveyed was plus/minus 3.2 percent in 95 out of 100 cases for results based on the entire sample.