Americans support public option by margin of 61% to 34%

A new Quinnipiac University poll released October 8, 2009 shows that Americans favor a public option by a margin of 61% to 34%.

Plus,

Voters disapprove 64 - 25 percent of the way Republicans in Congress are doing their job, with 42 percent of Republican voters disapproving;

Only 29 percent think Republicans on Capitol Hill are acting in good faith;

Voters trust Obama more than Republicans 47 - 31 percent to handle health care;

Voters 53 - 25 percent have an unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party.

See:

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1382