Gallup has some more polling on how people perceive Obamacare and Affordable Care Act, based on four different wordings of the law.

Here are the four variations in the wording:

1. Mentions “Affordable Care Act” and President Obama: “Next, we’d like to ask you about the Affordable Care Act, the law President Obama signed in 2010 that restructured the U.S. healthcare system. Do you generally approve or disapprove of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, signed into law by President Obama that restructured the U.S. healthcare system?”

2. Mentions neither the Affordable Care Act nor President Obama: “Next, we’d like to ask you about the 2010 healthcare law that restructured the U.S. healthcare system. Do you generally approve or disapprove of the healthcare law?” 

3. Mentions only “Obamacare”: “Next, we’d like to ask you about “Obamacare,” the 2010 law that restructured the U.S. healthcare system. Do you generally approve or disapprove of Obamacare?”

4. Mentions “Affordable Care Act” only:  “Next, we’d like to ask you about the Affordable Care Act, the 2010 law that restructured the U.S. healthcare system. Do you generally approve or disapprove of the Affordable Care Act?”

The results of this experimental test show that the healthcare law descriptions can make a difference in the responses. Only mentioning the Affordable Care Act yields the highest support (45%), while only mentioning Obamacare yields the lowest support (38%). Support for the law when using the other labels falls in between, at 41%.

I should hasten to note that when things were looking good, the President was more than willing to call it Obamacare, and labelled it as such on all of his social medial platforms. When it hits the rocks, he would rather shirk that responsibility.