It turned out that health care was one of the primary issues in the 2018 election. The Republicans didn't see that, and the result was that they lost 40 seats in the House of Representatives -- giving Democrats a substantial majority.
The Republicans were still trying to sell the idea that all of Obamacare should be repealed, and even supported the effort by many GOP-controlled states to have it declared unconstitutional by the courts (even the popular provisions like protection for people with pre-existing conditions). That was a bad misjudgment.
It turns out that 70% of the public thinks the U.S. health care system is in crisis, and needs major changes. The public wants health care fixed. They do NOT want to go backwards. They now know that Obamacare was an improvement, but did not fix the broken system. They want something better -- something that will provide decent health care for all Americans, and do it at a cost that people can afford.
It's not just Democrats that believe this. While that is the feeling of 84% of Democrats, it is also shared by a majority of Republicans (56%). Republican officials, on both the national and state level, need to change their views on health care, or they will suffer another disastrous election in 2020.
The charts above are from a Gallup Poll -- done between November 1st and 11th of 2018. They questioned 1,037 adults nationally, and the survey had a margin of error of 4 points.
