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Poll: Obama widens lead over Romney on healthcare
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09/11/12 09:59 AM ET
President Obama has opened up a 9-point lead on the issue of healthcare, according to a post-convention poll.
The CNN/ORC survey says Obama leads Mitt Romney 54 percent to 45 percent when voters are asked which candidate would better handle healthcare.
The findings are roughly in line with the poll's overall bounce for Obama following the Democratic convention last week. It also indicates a slight drop for Romney on the issue.
Democrats launched an unusually sustained embrace of the Affordable Care Act during their convention. Although Obama himself didn't mention it by name, he mentioned some of its most popular provisions and repeated the Democratic attacks on Romney's Medicare proposals, which would partially privatize the program.
Public opinion of the healthcare law is deeply divided and leans negative, but this is isn't the first poll to show Obama with a consistent lead on the overall issue. A recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey put Obama up by double digits on healthcare issues, including Medicare and Medicaid.
