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ISSUES AND THE ELECTION
Looking ahead to next year's presidential election, what will be the most important issues that you will take into account when deciding whom to vote for?
2007 Nov 30-Dec 2 2007 Apr 13-15
War in Iraq 36 42
The economy 16 13
Healthcare/health insurance 15 11
Illegal immigration 10 5
Homeland security/military defense 6 7
Taxes 5 4
Honesty/integrity/credibility of candidate 5 5
Abortion 3 2
Domestic issues 3 3
Social Security reform 3 2
Education 2 5
International/foreign affairs 3 4
Terrorism 2 2
Budget deficit/spending 2 2
Environmental issues 2 3
Employment issues 2 1
Financial/money 2 2
Senior care/Medicare/Prescription drugs 2 2
Morals/values/Christian beliefs 2 1
Energy/gas/oil prices and issues 2 --
Gay rights 1 --
Bush (doing a bad job) 1 1
Judicial issues 1 *
Vote Republican/not a Democrat * *
Vote Democrat/not a Republican * 1
World peace * 1
Bush (doing a good job) -- --
Other 4 9
None 2 3
No opinion 6 6
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-12-04-poll_N.htm
What do you think is the most issue that will affect your decision in the 2008 election?
Are you surprised at this poll?
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4 comments:
This poll's results was a little surprising to me. The war, economy, and health care are all issues that seem to dominate the minds of the people, so its expected for these issues to get the most votes. However, I didn't realize that domestic issues would be so low. I always thought that individual rights were pretty important to the American citizens. Even though this poll is not completely accurate and doesn't sample the entire nation, I still would have thought that domestic issues would be more important that abortion or the candidate's personality.
I'm surprised "War in Iraq" and economy didn't end up getting more votes. Illegal immigration seems more close to people's hearts than taxes? And some of the categories are grouped within each other. War in Iraq would group with International/Foreign affairs. Domestic issues is an umbrella for several on there. Therefore, I think this poll doesn't give the best sense of where the American public is at.
I agree with will in that im surprised by some aspects like the decrease in the importance education. I would hope and i think many families would agree that the education systems need to be funded before giving money to jails for better food to the criminals. Sometimes it seems we are just putting the money where it's not needed. I personally agree that the war is our primary nation-wide issue and it is followed by economic programs. both topics go hand-in-hand since the war has had a huge effect in the U.S."s increasing debt problem. Overall, it looks like a good general poll and im anxious to see what the public opinion may be like before the presidential election.
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