Study: Votes in favor of healthcare reform cost Dems 5.8 points in 2010 vote

The Hill reports:

Voting for President Obama's healthcare reform law cost Democratic incumbents 5.8 percentage points of support at the polls in 2010, according to a new study in the journal American Politics Research.

The study helps explain why Democrats lost 66 House seats, significantly more than the median academic forecast of 44 to 45 seats, study co-author Brendan Nyhan of Dartmouth College writes on his blog.

No word yet from David Axelrod on this one.