NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll
Posted December 19th, 2007 by Jen Reeves
NBC and the Wall Street Journal released a new poll today. It shows a shift in what is considered important to Americans. You can see the comparison between December and November of this year. I think it's pretty interesting to see a shift in attitudes before voters start heading into the primaries. It also makes it more important for us all to start conversations about what is important to us... Who do we really want to vote for in the upcoming presidential election. Why? Hopefully this site can help foster those conversations and help you decide on those answers. Here's the details of the poll that I was talking about: The following poll question shows a rise in importance of domestic issues: The margin of error is ± 3.1%
Which one of these items do you think should be the top priority for the federal government? And which of these issues do you think should be the next highest priority for the federal government to address?
TOP/PRIORITY TOP/SECOND PRIORITIES
The War In Iraq 18% 36%
Health Care 18% 35%
Job creation & economic growth 14% 31%
Illegal immigration 12% 26%
Terrorism 9% 20%
Energy and the cost of gas 8% 20%
The environment & global warming 7% 16%
Foreign policy and Iran 5% 13%
Other - 1%
All equally 8% -
None of these - -
Not Sure 1% -
NOVEMBER 2007 TOP PRIORITY TOP/SECOND PRIORITIES
The War In Iraq 26% 46%
Health Care 16% 34%
Job creation & economic growth 14% 27%
Illegal immigration 11% 24%
Terrorism 13% 23%
Energy and the cost of gas 6% 17%
The environment & global warming 8% 17%
Social Issues (abortion/gay marriage) 3% 8%
Other 1% 1%
All equally 2% 1%
None of these - -
Not Sure - -
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