If the presidential election were held today, 55 percent of physicians would vote for Mitt Romney and 36 percent would vote for President Obama, according to a recent survey by Jackson & Coker.
Women, employed physicians and specialists such as psychiatrists, pediatricians and addiction medicine physicians were more likely to support President Obama, the survey found. Men, independent physicians and anesthesiologists, surgeons, radiologists and ophthalmologists were more likely to support Romney.
Physician turnout at the polls is likely to increase, according to the survey — only one percent of respondents said they would not vote this November, compared to eight percent in the 2008 survey.
The survey was conducted in late September and included 3,660 physicians in 50 states. The margin of error is 1.6 percent.
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Women, employed physicians and specialists such as psychiatrists, pediatricians and addiction medicine physicians were more likely to support President Obama, the survey found. Men, independent physicians and anesthesiologists, surgeons, radiologists and ophthalmologists were more likely to support Romney.
Physician turnout at the polls is likely to increase, according to the survey — only one percent of respondents said they would not vote this November, compared to eight percent in the 2008 survey.
The survey was conducted in late September and included 3,660 physicians in 50 states. The margin of error is 1.6 percent.
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