ObamaCare still divides Democrats & Republicans.

• Position: Voting

Despite millions of citizens newly insured under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, most Americans still do not approve of the legislation. An analysis of data from 27 public opinion polls conduct ed by 14 organizations shows an electorate polarized by political party when it comes to ObamaCare.

A majority of Republican voters want the next Congress to repeal the law (56%), with an additional 27% favoring scaling it back. In contrast, a majority of Democratic voters want the new Congress to move ahead with the law (74%), either by implementing the current law (30%) or expanding its scope (44%). Independent voters fall in between, with 34% favoring repealing the law, 27% scaling it back, eight percent implementing the current law, and 26% expanding it.

"The intensity of partisan feeling about the PPACA could make the next phase of its implementation a very contentious issue in the next Congress," notes Robert Blendon, professor of health policy and political analysis at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., and...