Democrats historically enjoy a lead with women, but the federal health care law — and the stimulus package — have women balking, according to a poll conducted for a conservative women’s group.

Fifty-six percent of women consider the health care reform law a failure, while 29 percent view it as a success, according to the poll.

The economic stimulus package is viewed only slightly more favorably: 53 percent say it was a failure, while 34 percent say it was a success.

Among independent women – a group that Democrats and Republicans are battling over – a majority viewed the health care overhaul, the stimulus package, the auto industry bailout and the Troubled Asset Relief Program as failures, the poll found. TARP was approved during former President George W. Bush’s administration.

I’m glad to see that women understand the debacle that is the new federal health insurance law. Of primary concern is the mandate that every person buy government-approved health insurance or face a fine. JLF’s John Hood discusses this unprecedented government intervention in this brief interview from earlier in the year.