The American public is divided on whether to repeal all of the Affordable Care Act, or just the mandate requiring everyone to buy health insurance.

According to a Gallup poll out Wednesday, 47 percent of Americans favor repealing the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, while 42 percent want it kept in place. The views run along along party lines, with Republicans strongly in favor of repeal and the large majority of Democrats wanting the law kept in place.

The poll also suggests half of Americans say the federal government should be responsible for making sure all Americans have health insurance, which pins the individual mandate, the centerpiece of health reform law, in the middle of a divided nation.

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