{"id":1003968,"date":"2019-03-15T11:23:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T15:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003968"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:08:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:08:13","slug":"new-poll-americans-overwhelmingly-oppose-trumps-medicare-medicaid-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-poll-americans-overwhelmingly-oppose-trumps-medicare-medicaid-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW POLL: Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Trump\u2019s Medicare &#038; Medicaid Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">A new poll shows that Americans overwhelmingly oppose Trump\u2019s more than $1 trillion cuts to Medicare and Medicaid in his new budget and are less likely to vote for him because of his broken promises to protect these vital programs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Americans overwhelmingly oppose Trump\u2019s proposed Medicare and Medicaid cuts:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.protectourcare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NationalResults-1-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.protectourcare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NationalResults-1-1.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1553618977839000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFt_2lXmeai05bTqVYqrZJq5C8I9w\">72%<\/a> of Americans oppose the Medicare cuts in Trump\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.protectourcare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NationalResults-1-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.protectourcare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NationalResults-1-1.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1553618977839000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFt_2lXmeai05bTqVYqrZJq5C8I9w\">60%<\/a> of Americans oppose the Medicaid cuts in Trump\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A majority of voters are less likely to vote for Trump because of his broken promises:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.protectourcare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NationalResults-1-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.protectourcare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NationalResults-1-1.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1553618977839000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFt_2lXmeai05bTqVYqrZJq5C8I9w\">50%<\/a> of voters say they are less likely to vote for Trump because he broke his promise to not cut Medicare and Medicaid.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.protectourcare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NationalResults-1-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.protectourcare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NationalResults-1-1.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1553618977839000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFt_2lXmeai05bTqVYqrZJq5C8I9w\">54%<\/a> of voters say they are less likely to vote for Trump because he wants to cut Medicare and Medicaid after giving a massive tax cut to big corporations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new poll shows that Americans overwhelmingly oppose Trump\u2019s more than $1 trillion cuts to Medicare and Medicaid in his new budget and are less likely to vote for him because of his broken promises to protect these vital programs. &nbsp; 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