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Re:'Do Not Split': A Hong Kong protest film [video] by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @04:32PM (#26572503)
I think that is generally true- though there is great disagreement over the implementation.

Healthcare has 70% just in general? So is that public option, Medicare for All, or single payer? What does the support for these items look like when broken down?

Re:'Do Not Split': A Hong Kong protest film [video] by runarberg on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @09:04PM (#26575308)
I think it is a bit unfair to ask for a specific implementation detail on policy which the general population overwhelmingly supports. You can always arbitrarily make a policy look less popular by taking only the subset of the general population that supports a specific implementation.

An example: Say 90% of the people of Madeupistan supports some sort of increased autonomy from the Roman empire (which just became a democracy after 2000 years of imperial rule). But a disingenuous pollster wants to make it look like the support isn’t that great. So instead they will point to the fact that only about 40% of the population supports independence. This is ignoring the fact that 30% of the population want something similar to home rule, and 20% want to be in a federation with neighboring states.

Re:'Do Not Split': A Hong Kong protest film [video] by sudosysgen on Thursday March 25, 2021 @12:24AM (#26576582)
There is over 70% support specifically for Medicare For All : https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/494602-pol...