More good news today out of Nevada courtesy of Public Policy Polling’s latest poll:
Health care is a key issue for six out of 10 Nevada voters — who also tend to trust Democrats more on the issue than Republicans — headed into the 2018 election, according to a new poll released Tuesday.
Though much of the poll, paid for by the pro-Affordable Care Act advocacy group Protect Our Care, focused on health care, it also found low approval ratings for both President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, and a tight race for re-election for Heller against his likely Democratic opponent, Rep. Jacky Rosen. The poll, conducted by Democrat-leaning Public Policy Polling between March 15 and 17, surveyed 720 Nevada voters through automated telephone interviews and has a margin of error of 3.7 percent.
The poll found that health care is the most important issue for 27 percent of voters, while 38 percent say it is very important and 14 percent say it’s not that important or not at all important. Of voters who say health care is the most important issue, 61 percent support Rosen and 21 percent prefer Heller.
Overall, the poll found that 44 percent of respondents prefer Rosen while 39 percent prefer Heller. Among women, 43 percent support Rosen, 36 percent support Heller and 21 percent are undecided. The majority of Latino voters, 53 percent, back Rosen, while nearly a majority of white voters, 49 percent, back Heller.
Only 28 percent of those polled approve of Heller’s job performance, compared to 52 percent who disapprove and 20 percent who weren’t sure. Of those who voted for Trump, 48 percent said they approve of Heller’s performance while 34 percent said they disapprove.
It’s very clear Democrats have to continue to make health care a key campaign issue in these races. Let’s make Heller pay for voting to take people’s health care. Click here to donate and get involved with Rosen’s campaign.