Poll: Healthcare law repeal support down

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. voters favoring repeal of the new healthcare law fell to its lowest level since the bill was passed by Congress, Rasmussen Reports said.

The latest Rasmussen survey, released Monday, indicated 50 percent of likely voters still favor repealing the law while 44 percent oppose repeal.

The percentage of voters favoring repeal of the bill is down 7 percentage points from last week and is the lowest level measured since March, Rasmussen said. Before the latest survey, support for repeal ranged from 53 percent to 63 percent.

Thirty-nine percent of respondents said they thought the law will be good for the country overall while 48 percent said they thought the law would be bad for the country, Rasmussen said of the latest survey.

Forty percent said they thought the law likely would be repealed while 45 percent said repeal was unlikely, the poll indicated.

The Rasmussen Reports survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted Saturday and Sunday. The margin of error is 3 percentage points.