ABC News/Washington Post Political Issues Survey

Do you think the federal government should or should not regulate the release of greenhouse gases from sources like power plants, cars and factories in an effort to reduce global warming?

• Should 75%
• Should not 22%

Do you think the federal government should or should not regulate the release of greenhouse gases if it raised the price of things you buy?

• Should 62%
• Should not 35%

There’s a proposed system called “cap and trade.” The government would issue permits limiting the amount of greenhouse gases companies can put out. Companies that did not use all their permits could sell them to other companies. The idea is that many companies would find ways to put out less greenhouse gases, because that would be cheaper than buying permits. Would you support or oppose this system?

• Support 52%
• Oppose 42%

What if a cap and trade program significantly lowered greenhouse gases but raised your monthly electrical bill by 10 dollars a month – in that case would you support or oppose it?

• Support 56%
• Oppose 42%

What if a cap and trade program significantly lowered greenhouse gases but raised your monthly electrical bill by 25 dollars a month – in that case would you support or oppose it?

• Support 44%
• Oppose 54%

Do you think the United States should take action on global warming only if other major industrial countries such as China and India agree to do equally effective things, that the United States should take action even if these other countries do less, or that the United States should not take action on this at all?

• Take action only if other countries do 20%
• Take action even if other countries do less 59%
• Should not take action at all 18%

Would you support or oppose a law that requires all Americans to have health insurance, either getting it from work or buying it on their own?

• Support 49%
• Oppose 47%

Would you support or oppose a law that requires all Americans to have health insurance if it included a rule that working Americans who don’t get insurance through work or on their own would have to pay money into a government health insurance fund?

• Support 44%
• Oppose 52%

Would you support or oppose a law that requires all Americans to have health insurance if it included a rule that insurance companies sell coverage to people regardless of pre-existing conditions?

• Support 68%
• Oppose 27%

Would you support or oppose creating a government-run health insurance plan if having the government create a new health insurance plan made many private health insurers go out of business because they could not compete?

• Support 37%
• Oppose 58%

If the health care system is changed, do you think the quality of your health care will get better, get worse, or remain about the same?

• Better 16%
• Worse 31%
• Same 50%

Would you support or oppose a law limiting the amount of money someone can collect if they win a lawsuit after being injured by bad medical care?

• Support 57%
• Oppose 42%

The Supreme Court legalized abortion 36 years ago in the ruling known as Roe versus Wade. If that case came before the court again, would you want Sotomayor to vote to uphold Roe versus Wade, or vote to overturn it?

• Uphold 60%
• Overturn 34%

Do you think abortion should be legal in all cases, legal in most cases, illegal in most cases, or illegal in all cases?

• Legal in all cases 20%
• Legal in most cases 35%
• Illegal in most cases 26%
• Illegal in all cases 17%

Survey of 1,001 adults was conducted June 18-21. The margin of error is +/- 3.5 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 37% (I); 35% (D); 22% (R).