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Looking at the numbers won't help much: 37 percent say they want their representatives to vote for an overhaul plan; 39 percent urge a vote against it; and 24 percent can't make up their minds. The results are little changed from Gallup's poll in early August.

But woe to the member of Congress who winds up on the wrong side of the issue because 64 percent say it will be a "major factor" in how they will vote in next year's election, a sentiment held by 62 percent of those supporting the health overhaul and 82 percent of those who oppose it. And opinion hasn't been shifting much.

"A month of town-hall meetings across the country during Congress' August recess has hardly budged Americans' views about passing a healthcare reform bill, or helped many more Americans form an opinion," Gallup said.

The poll was based on telephone interviews with 1,026 adults nationwide and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.