NATIONAL HEALTH CARE VOTER SURVEY

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1 NATIONAL HEALTH CARE VOTER SURVEY June 11-14, 2017 N = 1,202 respondents margin of error: + 2.8% (1/3 Landline, 1/3 Cell, 1/3 Internet) All results rounded to the nearest whole percent

2 VOTE BEHAVIOR AND IDEOLOGY Partisan Vote Behavior 35% 25% 40% GOP IND DEM Ideology 40% 33% 28% Conservative Moderate Liberal Combination 26% 9%8% 17% 20% 20% Conserv GOP Conserv IND Mod / Lib GOP Mod / Lib IND Conserv / Mod DEM Liberal DEM

3 INTERNET & SOCIAL MEDIA Do you have (% Yes) Internet access on a cell phone 97% 95% 89% 83% 69% % A Facebook account 83% 81% 78% 75% 56% % A Twitter account 48% 40% 38% 29% 16% %

4 NEWS & INFORMATION SOURCES Which of the following do you MOST regularly use as a source for news and information on current events? National Cable TV News 22% 15% 37% Local TV News 20% 16% 36% News websites 17% 12% 29% Social media 13% 12% 25% Broadcast TV News 8% 13% 21% The radio 7% 11% 18% Local newspaper Other 6% 9% 15% 2% 2% 4% Use Most Use Next Most

5 REPEAL AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Do you think President Trump and the Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate should repeal all of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, should repeal parts of the healthcare law but keep other parts, or should not repeal any of the Affordable Care Act? 26% 63% 38% 31% Base Repeal all of it Repeal parts of it Not repeal any of it Total % 38% 31% COMBO - COMBINATION TARGETS Core GOP % 31% 3% IND Targets % 45% 27% Core DEM 297 4% 27% 65% 1% 4% Repeal all of it Repeal parts of it Not repeal any of it Other Unsure / refused

6 BIGGEST CONCERN WITH OBAMACARE Regardless of your position, please tell me in your own words your biggest concern with Obamacare? 42% 22% 16% 13% 13% 7% 3% Cost Political comments Not working Coverage No Other Unsure concerns

7 IMPACT OF CANDIDATE S POSITIONS Indicate if each item of information regarding a U.S. Senate candidate s position on health care makes you more likely or less likely to vote for that candidate: More likely Less likely No diff / Unsure A candidate who supports higher taxes on prescription drugs and other health insurance covered medical devices. 12% 76% 12% A candidate who supports a failing healthcare system that already put tens of thousands of people at risk of losing insurance after one state's insurance market collapsed. 15% 68% 17% A candidate who prefers to maintain ObamaCare with its higher insurance premiums, higher deductibles, and fewer health insurance choices. 22% 66% 12% A candidate who opposes providing additional funding specifically targeted for maternity coverage and newborn care, as well as mental health and substance abuse disorders. 26% 63% 11% A candidate who opposes preserving job-based health insurance, and who opposes improving fairness and flexibility for those purchasing insurance in the employer marketplace. 24% 62% 14% A candidate who prefers to keep ObamaCare which has led to small businesses having to cancel their health insurance benefits completely or dumping an unknown number of employees into ineffective exchanges. 23% 61% 16% A candidate who opposes giving states more flexibility for their individual Medicaid programs (Ver Y: such as block grants and optional work requirements). 29% 60% 11% Note: Statements were randomized but shown here in descending order of their less likely response. X: +58% LL Y: +61% LL

8 LIKELIHOOD OF VOTING FOR CANDIDATE Having learned more about it, would you be more likely or less likely to vote for a candidate for U.S. Senate who had the positions on health care we just reviewed? 39% 24% 24% 19% Somewhat Somewhat 24% 37% 15% Strongly More Likely Depends / Unsure 18% Strongly Less Likely