The Trump administration will have a battle on its hands if it persists in trying to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act — and not just between Republicans and Democrats, or between conservative and moderate Republicans. The American people are overwhelmingly opposed to efforts to repeal or derail the ACA.

The Hill reports that, according to the Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, what 75 percent of Americans want instead is that the current administration "should do what they can" to make the ACA functional. Just 19 percent of respondents are in favor of Trump taking steps to make the ACA fail instead.

While it might be expected that the desire to make the ACA work was strongest among Democrats and independents, with 89 percent of Democrats and 78 percent of independents urging the administration to make the positive effort, the surprise is that a majority of Republicans are also rooting for Obama's health care plan to succeed.