80% of Americans want ACA changed or repealed, Gallup poll finds

The vast majority of Americans want the ACA to be significantly amended or scrapped. A recent Gallup poll found 37 percent of Americans want it to be repealed and replaced and 43 percent would like it to be preserved, but with major changes.

Americans' assessments of the ACA have remained relatively stable since the Nov. 8 presidential election, with more continuing to disapprove (53 percent of Americans) than approve (42 percent) of the healthcare law.

Gallup polled American adults on their opinions of the ACA from Nov. 9 to 13.

Since Gallup began routinely polling Americans' perceptions of the ACA four years ago, the rate of approval has exceeded disapproval only once, in November 2012, just after President Barack Obama's re-lection. Since then, disapproval has averaged 52 percent and approval has averaged 42 percent.

The ACA has been highly partisan since it was signed into law in 2010. At that time, the legislation received "no" votes from all 178 Republican members of the House, according to Gallup. Democrats have been much more supportive of the law than Republicans. In November, 7 percent of Republicans said they approve of the ACA, compared with 76 percent of Democrats, according to the report.

Most Republicans (71 percent) disapprove of the law and want it repealed, while 59 percent of Democrats — including those who either approve or disapprove of the law — want to keep it with significant changes. Twenty-six percent of Democrats approve of the ACA and want it to stay the same.

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