--- title: Support for Obamacare Highest in Years, Poll Says description: The gap between those who support and oppose the Affordable Care Act shrank to narrowest margin in more than two years, according to a new poll. canonical: https://time.com/3750639/obamacare-poll-anniversary/ author: Noah Rayman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-19T13:27:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:17:04.930Z article:section: Politics og:title: Support for Obamacare Highest in Years, Poll Says og:description: The gap between those who support and oppose the Affordable Care Act shrank to narrowest margin in more than two years, according to a new poll. og:url: https://time.com/3750639/obamacare-poll-anniversary/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Support for Obamacare Highest in Years, Poll Says twitter:description: The gap between those who support and oppose the Affordable Care Act shrank to narrowest margin in more than two years, according to a new poll. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Support for Obamacare Highest in Years, Poll Says > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Mar 19, 2015 1:27 PM UTC  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Mar 19, 2015 1:27 PM UTC The gap between Americans who support and oppose President Obama’s controversial health care law shrank to its narrowest margin in more than two years, [according to a new poll](http://kff.org/health-reform/poll-finding/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-march-2015/). A Kaiser Health Tracking Poll conducted in March found that 41% of respondents had a favorable view of the Affordable Care Act—up from 1% in January—and 43% had an unfavorable view. The numbers are a marked increase from July 2014, when the same poll found 53% of respondents viewed the law unfavorably, and they come just ahead of the five-year anniversary of the law’s enactment this weekend. Kaiser has tracked opinion on the health care law regularly. Support largely fell along party lines, with 74% of Republicans expressing an unfavorable opinion and 65% of Democrats expressing a favorable view. While most people said the law had no direct impact on them, Republicans were far more likely to say it had hurt them than Democrats. In total, 30% of respondents said that Congress should repeal the law, including 11% of Democrats and 61% of Republicans, while 46% of respondents said the law should remain as is or be expanded, including 72% of Democrats and 16% of Republicans. Most respondents—53%—also said they were not aware of [the Supreme Court case underway](http://time.com/money/3726001/supreme-court-obamacare-challenge/) that threatens to roll back a key feature of the law. 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