COLUMBUS, Ohio -- One day after President Barack Obama visited Ohio to talk about his health care plan, Central Ohioans displayed their opinions on the matter.
Several groups opposed to the President's bill organized a rally Tuesday. But among the hundreds who showed up, supporters made their voices heard as well.
The two sides lined the entrance to the building where Congresswoman Mary Jo Kilroy has her office on Olentangy River Road.
Americans For Prosperity partnered with the Columbus Tea Party and the Ohio Freedom Alliance to host the Hands Off Our Health Care rally to urge the local representative to vote no on the Senate's health care bill.
Nearly 1,000 people attended the rally. But they weren't the only people vying for Kilroy's attention. Many held signs for the group Organizing For America.
Columbus police officers patrolled the area to keep the rally under control.
President Obama has been asking Congress to take quick action and pass health care reform.
Kilroy has said in the past that she will support a universal health care system where the coverage is portable, covers pre-existing conditions, allows for a choice in doctors and preventative medicine is utilized to reduce costs.
She voted for the house bill in November.
In a new NBC, Wall Street Journal poll, voters were asked, "If you knew that your representative in Congress voted with the Republicans to defeat the current health care bill, would you be more likely or less likely to vote for him or her, or would it make no difference to you either way in your vote?"
Of the respondents, 31 percent said more likely, 34 percent said less likely, another 34 percent said there was no difference either way and 1 percent said they weren't sure.
The other question asked was, "If you knew that your representative in Congress voted with the Democrats to pass the current health care bill, would you be more likely or less likely to vote for him or her, or would it make no difference to you either way in your vote?"
Of the respondents, 28 percent said more likely, 36 percent said less likely, another 34 percent said no difference either way and 2 percent said they weren't sure.
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