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Posted: 2017-01-06T08:00:32Z | Updated: 2017-01-06T19:04:18Z

Americans have complicated feelings about Obamacare, according to a new poll , with voters divided over whether to keep the law, but only a minority supporting the Republican strategy of trying to eliminate it quickly.

The poll, which the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation conducted in December, finds the public almost evenly split on whether to repeal the Affordable Care Act 49 percent want repeal, 47 percent do not. Those numbers have a partisan tint, as most Republicans favor repeal and most Democrats oppose it.

But even many Republican voters seem unenthusiastic about eliminating the law before Congress crafts a replacement, as House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and other GOP leaders have proposed. Overall, according to the poll, just 20 percent of Americans say that is their preferred strategy for eliminating Obamacare.