How important are each of the following to your vote in the 2022 Election? (August 2022)

How important are each of the following to your vote in the 2022 Election? (August 2022)

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    Respondents were asked, "How important are each of the following issues to your vote in the 2022 Election? "
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categoryTotal
The state economy63%
Public safety60%
The state’s electric grid60%
Voting and elections59%
Health care57%
Public education56%
Immigration / Border security55%
Gun violence54%
Abortion52%
Property taxes47%
The environment / climate change40%
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    Respondents were asked, "How important are each of the following issues to your vote in the 2022 Election? " Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
The state economy52%57%75%
Public safety57%50%66%
The state’s electric grid69%53%55%
Voting and elections62%41%63%
Health care72%49%44%
Public education65%38%52%
Immigration / Border security28%62%78%
Gun violence78%40%33%
Abortion71%32%38%
Property taxes36%49%58%
The environment / climate change67%31%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "How important are each of the following issues to your vote in the 2022 Election? " Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
The state economy40%50%58%
Public safety51%54%61%
The state’s electric grid65%55%77%
Voting and elections51%40%77%
Health care69%58%79%
Public education53%56%74%
Immigration / Border security21%23%35%
Gun violence68%62%90%
Abortion68%52%81%
Property taxes29%25%44%
The environment / climate change66%53%73%
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    Respondents were asked, "How important are each of the following issues to your vote in the 2022 Election? " Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
The state economy78%55%84%
Public safety60%52%76%
The state’s electric grid53%37%66%
Voting and elections55%36%81%
Health care27%33%58%
Public education44%46%59%
Immigration / Border security78%59%88%
Gun violence23%31%40%
Abortion23%31%48%
Property taxes59%42%66%
The environment / climate change11%18%19%
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    Respondents were asked, "How important are each of the following issues to your vote in the 2022 Election? " Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
The state economy48%59%75%
Public safety51%56%68%
The state’s electric grid68%54%57%
Voting and elections65%43%66%
Health care73%59%43%
Public education66%47%54%
Immigration / Border security29%44%80%
Gun violence77%58%36%
Abortion76%46%39%
Property taxes34%41%60%
The environment / climate change72%43%15%
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    Respondents were asked, "How important are each of the following issues to your vote in the 2022 Election? " Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
The state economy56%41%50%
Public safety47%50%55%
The state’s electric grid61%65%78%
Voting and elections58%58%79%
Health care68%68%85%
Public education59%64%74%
Immigration / Border security37%26%27%
Gun violence60%83%83%
Abortion63%75%88%
Property taxes41%27%39%
The environment / climate change56%79%74%
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    Respondents were asked, "How important are each of the following issues to your vote in the 2022 Election? " Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
The state economy65%75%83%
Public safety62%68%73%
The state’s electric grid49%55%65%
Voting and elections45%65%82%
Health care40%39%49%
Public education51%51%60%
Immigration / Border security64%81%90%
Gun violence36%33%39%
Abortion28%31%54%
Property taxes47%56%72%
The environment / climate change20%11%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "How important are each of the following issues to your vote in the 2022 Election? " Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
The state economy62%65%62%
Public safety59%62%64%
The state’s electric grid61%55%60%
Voting and elections62%58%54%
Health care51%66%65%
Public education56%55%58%
Immigration / Border security63%39%48%
Gun violence47%75%63%
Abortion49%55%56%
Property taxes47%39%52%
The environment / climate change31%54%50%
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    Respondents were asked, "How important are each of the following issues to your vote in the 2022 Election? " Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
The state economy62%64%
Public safety58%61%
The state’s electric grid55%64%
Voting and elections57%61%
Health care48%64%
Public education50%61%
Immigration / Border security58%52%
Gun violence45%63%
Abortion40%62%
Property taxes49%46%
The environment / climate change34%45%
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    Respondents were asked, "How important are each of the following issues to your vote in the 2022 Election? " Community type is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
The state economy58%63%70%
Public safety60%60%61%
The state’s electric grid58%57%68%
Voting and elections57%59%63%
Health care61%55%53%
Public education53%55%62%
Immigration / Border security47%55%68%
Gun violence63%52%47%
Abortion55%51%50%
Property taxes43%47%54%
The environment / climate change48%37%34%
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    Respondents were asked, "How important are each of the following issues to your vote in the 2022 Election? " Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
The state economy46%59%67%73%
Public safety47%54%64%70%
The state’s electric grid47%56%61%73%
Voting and elections40%45%64%83%
Health care58%54%53%64%
Public education48%53%56%66%
Immigration / Border security35%42%66%68%
Gun violence52%51%51%65%
Abortion57%51%49%53%
Property taxes30%36%57%58%
The environment / climate change44%43%37%37%
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    Respondents were asked, "How important are each of the following issues to your vote in the 2022 Election? " Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
The state economy71%70%61%64%61%56%
Public safety87%68%59%54%58%51%
The state’s electric grid71%58%67%62%56%59%
Voting and elections45%61%58%60%58%65%
Health care74%67%59%59%46%49%
Public education51%57%56%50%55%61%
Immigration / Border security58%57%55%56%53%52%
Gun violence62%58%57%52%50%50%
Abortion59%51%51%48%53%53%
Property taxes24%57%46%49%41%43%
The environment / climate change48%38%44%39%34%44%
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    Respondents were asked, "How important are each of the following issues to your vote in the 2022 Election? " Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
The state economy77%60%50%47%
Public safety71%58%52%46%
The state’s electric grid62%52%61%64%
Voting and elections69%54%54%52%
Health care60%49%54%60%
Public education62%50%53%53%
Immigration / Border security70%51%44%37%
Gun violence57%48%54%57%
Abortion56%36%51%66%
Property taxes59%43%38%36%
The environment / climate change36%32%39%59%
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    Respondents were asked, "How important are each of the following issues to your vote in the 2022 Election? " Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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CategoryThe Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God.Don't know.
The state economy77%67%43%57%
Public safety71%61%44%67%
The state’s electric grid58%59%64%54%
Voting and elections68%58%53%55%
Health care63%49%64%49%
Public education58%54%58%49%
Immigration / Border security69%59%35%50%
Gun violence58%47%64%47%
Abortion51%45%66%40%
Property taxes58%50%33%43%
The environment / climate change30%33%61%38%

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