PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- American consumers remain just as divided over healthcare now as they were a month ago, results from a Gallup Poll released Tuesday suggest.
The new Gallup Poll indicted 39 percent of Americans said they would tell their congressional representatives to vote against a healthcare reform bill, while 37 percent said they want their representatives to vote in favor of it.
Nearly one in four Americans -- 24 percent -- said they have no opinion about which way their representatives should vote.
Public attitudes about healthcare reform fall along partisan lines, the poll indicated. Sixty-eight percent of Democrats said they want their representatives to support a healthcare reform bill, while 72 percent of Republicans want their members to vote against it.
In what could be a preview of a potential 2010 election issue, 64 percent of Americans said their representatives' positions on healthcare reform would be a major factor in their vote during the next congressional election, the Princeton, N.J., polling agency said.
Results are based on nationwide telephone interviews with 1,026 adults conducted Aug. 31-Sept. 2. The margin of error is 4 percentage points.
