New Poll Data

Not all poll data deals directly with the presidential horserace, some is tangential. Connecticut's Quinnipiac University does well respected polls, asking questions on matters of national policy.

I've chosen to focus the answers to two of those questions which relate to recent Supreme Court decisions. How people feel about the Arizona immigration law that was mostly struck down by the court, and whether voters view Obamacare as a tax hike?

By 61 - 34 percent, voters want an Arizona-type law in their state, requiring police to check the immigration status of someone they have already stopped or arrested if they suspect he or she is in the country illegally.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a tax hike, American voters say 55 - 36 percent, but in a mixed message, voters agree 48 - 45 percent with the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the law, while they say 49 - 43 percent that the U.S. Congress should repeal it.

I disagree those numbers constitute a mixed message. People view ACA as a tax hike, agree that, as such, it is constitutional but want it repealed. Why is that hard to fathom?