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Devastating Poll Finds Trump Voters Want Him to Cave on Key Demand
MAGA FOR OBAMACARE
Ewan Palmer
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Updated Oct. 3 2025 12:05PM EDT
Published Oct. 3 2025 11:59AM EDT
https://www.thedailybeast.com/devastating-poll-finds-donald-trump-voters-want-him-to-cave-to-key-dem-demand/
A majority of Republican voters, including Donald Trump loyalists, want enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act to be renewed, a key sticking point in the government shutdown, according to a new poll.
In total, 59 percent of Republicans and 57 percent of self-identified MAGA voters want to keep the Obamacare subsidies set, which are to expire at the end of the year unless Congress strikes a deal, the nationwide survey found.
The fight over the subsidies has helped push the government into its first shutdown in six years.
Democrats say they will not support a continuing resolution to temporarily fund and reopen the government unless the GOP agrees to renew the subsidies for low-income health insurance. They are also demanding that Trumps proposed Medicaid cuts, outlined in his big beautiful spending bill, be scrapped.

Ocelot II
(127,789 posts)Lovie777
(20,718 posts)

Gimpyknee
(903 posts)generalbetrayus
(1,288 posts)Ocelot II
(127,789 posts)Lovie777
(20,718 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(59,632 posts)Bettie
(18,971 posts)if the people it is about actually care about the result.
Republicans don't seem to think they will have to compete in elections anymore. Most of them seem certain that what they say and do will not matter.
usonian
(21,539 posts)Last edited Fri Oct 3, 2025, 03:31 PM - Edit history (1)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219770873Well, one or two of them?


BOSSHOG
(43,847 posts)Except the stuff we like, ya know the patriotic stuff.
Vinca
(52,851 posts)IronLionZion
(50,106 posts)so they will cut of their own nose to spite their face. GOP keeps promoting that easily disproven lie because it works for them.
kkmarie
(331 posts)Shocked that 57% magas even know that Obamacare is the ACA. I've seen quite a few interviewed before the election who wanted Obamacare repealed and wanted to keep their coverage through the ACA.
You really can't fix stupid
#EpsteinFiles
#HomanFiles
hibbing
(10,477 posts)My state government disregards the will of the people all the time and yet the republicans always get reelected.
Medicare expansion- Unicameral slow walked it and tried to stop it. Expansion was on the ballot and passed easily.
Medical marijuana- passed by the voters by 70%! - commission charged with this is making it so hardly anyone will be eligible to get it
Not sure why Congress will be any different when it comes to the will of the people.
Gimpyknee
(903 posts)Even when we have Republican governors they listen to the will of the people.
patphil
(8,369 posts)Socialism for the rich - the theme of the republican party.
And, effective socialism for republican candidates in the form of huge donations from those rich people who the republicans are giving rich guy socialism to.
Uncle Joe
(63,412 posts)Thanks for the thread applegrove.
MerryBlooms
(12,071 posts)If they did, the numbers would be through the roof against trump and his cronies.
The magats are fed trump slop, ingest, blame dems.
My family is full of 'em. I talk to few family now. One, is hard-core lib, one is lib, one is dementia. The rest, I don't talk to unless it's a family emergency.
sop
(16,473 posts)maxsolomon
(37,582 posts)by a SHOCK POLL!
HYPERBOLE!
Never change, Daily Beast.
Emile
(38,316 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(4,689 posts)Hes in there now and doesnt need them anymore. And further, the Republicans dont need them anymore. Theyve broken the government and are in the process of implementing the Orban model.
They can do anything they want now. If it hurts you
oh well. Do something about it. And no one will.