Ezra has a couple of key charts from a new Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll.
The poll finds that voters say health care reform was a factor that influenced their vote, but not a dominant one. The economy/jobs was the factor mentioned by voters most often (29%), followed by party preference (25%) and views of the candidates themselves (21%). Health care ranked fourth at 17 percent. Those 17 percent of voters who named health care as one of their top voting factors were more likely than non-health care voters to back a Republican candidate for Congress (59% vs. 44%), and to say they have a “very unfavorable” view of the law (56% vs. 33%).
Looking ahead, Americans remain divided about what lawmakers should do, with 21 percent of the public favoring expansion of the health reform law, 19 percent wanting to leave it as is, a quarter wanting to repeal parts of the law, and 24 percent wanting the entire law repealed. Among mid-term voters, a majority (56%) would like to see the law repealed entirely or in part. Voters split sharply along partisan lines. Two-thirds of those who voted for Democratic candidates want the law expanded or left as is, while and eight in 10 of those who voted Republican support full or partial repeal.
Teasing that out though, makes it clear that there's really not much in the law that people really want to repeal:
So the only thing that people really want to see be repealed is the mandate, which is the one thing that the insurance companies want, because it gives them a captive customer base. You can bet that the Republicans aren't going to be bucking the insurance companies, and that 70% and up support for all of the other provisions are going to make that whole repeal thing just a little bit dicey for them.