CBS NEWS POLL

Looking Ahead: Health Care Reform, Tax Reform, and a Possible Shutdown
April 21-24, 2017

Q18. Should Democrats in Congress be doing more to work with Donald Trump, or doing more to oppose Donald Trump?

** TOTAL RESPONDENTS **
Total Rep Dem Ind
% % % %
More to work with Donald Trump 59 88 31 63
More to oppose Donald Trump 37 10 64 33
Don't know/No answer 4 2 5 4

Q18a. Should Donald Trump and Congress continue to try to pass a health care bill to repeal and replace the 2010 health care law, or
should they move on to other issues?

Continue to try to pass health care bill 43 77 19 41

Move on to other issues 53 20 78 54
Don't know/No answer 4 3 4 5

Q21. Which comes closest to your view about the 2010 Health Care Law? The law is working well and should be kept in place as is,
there are some good things in the law, but some changes are needed to make it work better, the law has so much wrong with it that
it needs to be repealed and replaced entirely?

Kept in place as is 12 4 19 11
Some changes are needed 61 50 72 59
Repealed and replaced entirely 24 44 6 26
Don't know/No answer 3 2 3 3

Q32a. Do you think Donald Trump will increase taxes on people like you, decrease taxes on people like you, or will he keep taxes the
same?

Increase 38 12 61 36
Decrease 25 44 11 23
Keep same 33 38 26 36
Don't know/No answer 5 5 2 6

Q41. As you may know, if a budget agreement in Washington is not reached by the end of the month, the federal government could
shut down. Who would you blame more if there is a shutdown of the federal government, the Democrats in Congress or Donald
Trump and the Republicans in Congress?

Democrats in Congress 36 72 11 33
Donald Trump and the Republicans 47 10 81 45
Both equally (vol.) 11 11 5 15
Don't know/No answer 6 7 4 8

Unweighted Weighted
Total Respondents 1,214

Total Republicans 301 312

Total Democrats 401 379
Total Independents 512 523