Republicans, Democrats hold opposing views on the Affordable Care Act % who approve of the 2010 health care law
About eight-in-ten Democrats (82%) approve of the law while 91% of Republicans disapprove of it, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Independents are more evenly split on the question, with 41% approving and 54% disapproving. But among independents who lean to the Democratic Party, 64% approve of the law, while 85% of independents who lean Republican disapprove of it.
Republicans, Democrats hold opposing  | views on the Affordable Care Act  | % who approve of the 2010 health care law  | Democrat  | 82  | Total  | 46  | Republican  | 11 0  | 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016  | Source: Survey conducted Oct. 20-25 2016  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 