# Dems who voted against Obamacare

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-who-voted-against-obamacare/785900>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 5, 2017, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-who-voted-against-obamacare/785900 "2017-05-05T11:05:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-who-voted-against-obamacare/785900/1 "2017-05-05T11:05:31Z")

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Can anyone explain, to us non Americans, why so many Dems voted with the Pubs to repeal Obamacare?

I happened to see the tally after the vote and was surprised! Why’d they do it? What’s your their motivation?

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-who-voted-against-obamacare/785900/2 "2017-05-05T11:21:00Z")

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Where’s the tally, how many were there, and who were they?

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-who-voted-against-obamacare/785900/3 "2017-05-05T11:27:24Z")

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It’s a null set. [every Democrat voted no.](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/04/us/politics/house-vote-republican-health-care-bill.html?_r=0)

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-who-voted-against-obamacare/785900/4 "2017-05-05T11:30:25Z")

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> [@elbows](#):
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> Can anyone explain, to us non Americans, why so many Dems voted with the Pubs to repeal Obamacare?

They didn’t?

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-who-voted-against-obamacare/785900/5 "2017-05-05T11:31:43Z")

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Thanks for setting me straight. I obviously misread the graphic I saw, only momentarily, whilst surfing through several channels, yesterday.

Count me relieved to learn all the Dems voted no, because that makes much more sense.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-who-voted-against-obamacare/785900/6 "2017-05-05T13:24:26Z")

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Keep in mind that, sometimes, the leadership will “allow” a House or Senate member to vote against the party if:

1. They know the vote is going to go a certain way
2. The person is particularly vulnerable to being unseated in an upcoming election.

Didn’t happen this time, but it’s not unusual at all.