Medicaid expansion is still undefeated when it has been placed on the ballot for statewide votes, even in very conservative states.* Missouri, two nights ago, and Oklahoma, on June 30, became the most recent states to expand Medicaid. The margin in Oklahoma was only 1 percent, whereas in Missouri it was 6 percent.
Vox examines the two results in light of how crisis situations such as the current COVID-19 outbreak and the 2008-2009 Great Recession can dramatically affect public opinion.
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*A Montana initiative that revolved around a tobacco tax to fund the state's portion of Medicaid expansion
failed in 2018. Whether this result should be included with straight up-or-down votes on the question of whether or not to expand can be debated.
