This Suffolk University poll of likely voters in Massachusetts could spell more bad news for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney:
Massachusetts health care was seen as working by 38 percent of registered voters, while just under half (49 percent) said it is not working, and 13 percent were undecided. Asked if Mitt Romney’s role in health care here would help or hurt his presidential campaign, 54 percent of voters said it would hurt; 22 percent felt it would help; and 22 percent were undecided.
“Health care continues to define Mitt Romney and weigh down his presidential campaign like an iron stethoscope,” said Paleologos.
Romney has sought to portray himself as a problem solver — and has argued there is a distinction between national health care mandates versus those imposed by states. But as this poll demonstrates, Romney’s problem isn’t just a matter of ideology — it’s also a matter of his plan’s effectiveness.