Wow! Polling for Single Payer! 55 to 60% Support!

These polls indicate about 55 to 60% support for single payer health care! 

Associated Press - Yahoo [with link to pdf] — 65% — Dec 2007

— Question ISS14. The United States should adopt a universal health insurance program in which everyone is covered under a program like Medicare that is run by the government and financed by taxpayers: 65% yes; 34% no; 2% refused / not answered

Associated Press - Yahoo [with link to pdf] — 54% — Dec 2007

— Question ISS15. Do you consider yourself a supporter of a single-payer health care system, that is a national health plan financed by taxpayers in which all Americans would get their insurance from a single government plan, or not?: 54% yes; 44% no; 2% refused / not answered

These 2007 numbers are corroborated by a February 2009 poll by NYT/CBS poll:

The Question:

“Should the government in Washington provide national health insurance, or is this something that should be left only to private enterprise?”

Poll results:

    32% Private enterprise

    59% Government

     9% Don’t know