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Mangione support is largely isolated to young age groups of certain demographics, according to polling numbers.

It’s actually really interesting to see when people think his support isn’t even a debated topic, when the numbers show most people, especially adults, don’t support his actions.




It's not most people, it's a plurality. There's a large 'don't know' contingent who either haven't made up their minds or don't want to share their opinion. Also, I would expect this data to skew toward younger people because anyone at or above retirement age is eligible for medicare, and thus not impacted by the decisions of private insurers to anything like the same degree.


A lot of folks who are sympathetic to his actions publicly go “oh no murder is bad” while privately being sympathetic.

I’m unsure how that shows with polling, tbh, but it certainly shows up in the discourse.


I know more older adults who just avoid the topic than say it was truly wrong.




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