GOP pollster: Majority of Trump voters oppose Medicaid cuts

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : "Medicaid is well-liked by most voters, in large part due to the broad impact it has across the electorate and the high level of importance voters place on as many Americans as possible having health insurance.
50% : " About one-in-five Trump voters has or has had Medicaid, the poll notes, while another one-in-five have family on Medicaid.
43% : The issue divides the GOP, as a number of Republicans fear deep cuts to Medicaid could boomerang on their own constituents.
36% : "There is no appetite across the political spectrum for cutting Medicaid to pay for tax cuts," the survey reads.
35% : The poll is significant because of a debate over cutting Medicaid to help pay for Trump's legislative agenda, which includes an extension of his 2017 tax cuts.
31% : The House panel overseeing Medicaid has been asked to find $880 billion in cuts, which would be difficult to achieve without going after Medicaid.
14% : Trump has said he opposes cuts to Medicaid except to root out fraud and waste.

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