Subject: Majority of Americans Oppose Ryan Medicare Plan
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 22:22:16 -0400

Majority of Americans Oppose Ryan Medicare Plan
A new CNN/Opinion Research poll shows that 58% of Americans oppose Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) Medicare overhaul proposal, while just 35% support it. Additionally, 74% of seniors oppose it even though it would apply only to those currently younger than 55, "suggesting that seniors are most worried about changes to Medicare even if those changes are presented as ones that would not affect existing Medicare recipients."

Key finding: 54% of conservatives also oppose the plan, while Republicans are split, with 50% opposing and 48% supporting.

Said pollster Keating Holland: "Overall, a plurality still says that GOP control of the House is good for the country, but the margin on that question has narrowed from a 52 to 39 percent margin in November to just a 48 to 44 percent margin now."

Eric D. Schwerin
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