Most Important Issue Facing the Country (August 2024)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Inflation / rising prices | 22% |
| The economy | 15% |
| Immigration | 8% |
| Political corruption / leadership | 7% |
| Border security | 6% |
| Environment / climate change | 6% |
| Health care | 4% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation / rising prices | 17% | 20% | 26% |
| The economy | 12% | 14% | 18% |
| Immigration | 2% | 7% | 13% |
| Political corruption / leadership | 6% | 14% | 6% |
| Border security | 1% | 3% | 12% |
| Environment / climate change | 10% | 4% | 3% |
| Health care | 8% | 3% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation / rising prices | 11% | 33% | 14% |
| The economy | 14% | 15% | 11% |
| Immigration | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Political corruption / leadership | 6% | 1% | 8% |
| Border security | 2% | 1% | 0% |
| Environment / climate change | 14% | 7% | 10% |
| Health care | 10% | 5% | 8% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation / rising prices | 16% | 39% | 23% |
| The economy | 17% | 15% | 20% |
| Immigration | 16% | 9% | 14% |
| Political corruption / leadership | 16% | 2% | 4% |
| Border security | 14% | 7% | 13% |
| Environment / climate change | 0% | 3% | 4% |
| Health care | 1% | 3% | 1% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation / rising prices | 15% | 25% | 24% |
| The economy | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Immigration | 2% | 7% | 12% |
| Political corruption / leadership | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Border security | 0% | 3% | 12% |
| Environment / climate change | 12% | 7% | 2% |
| Health care | 6% | 5% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation / rising prices | 19% | 15% | 12% |
| The economy | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| Immigration | 2% | 3% | 1% |
| Political corruption / leadership | 6% | 9% | 9% |
| Border security | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Environment / climate change | 12% | 9% | 16% |
| Health care | 7% | 6% | 6% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation / rising prices | 25% | 28% | 19% |
| The economy | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Immigration | 3% | 14% | 15% |
| Political corruption / leadership | 9% | 6% | 4% |
| Border security | 13% | 10% | 15% |
| Environment / climate change | 4% | 2% | 0% |
| Health care | 3% | 3% | 2% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation / rising prices | 20% | 21% | 30% |
| The economy | 15% | 16% | 15% |
| Immigration | 10% | 4% | 6% |
| Political corruption / leadership | 7% | 5% | 7% |
| Border security | 9% | 1% | 4% |
| Environment / climate change | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Health care | 4% | 3% | 6% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Inflation / rising prices | 20% | 24% |
| The economy | 17% | 14% |
| Immigration | 10% | 6% |
| Political corruption / leadership | 8% | 6% |
| Border security | 6% | 7% |
| Environment / climate change | 6% | 6% |
| Health care | 3% | 5% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation / rising prices | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| The economy | 15% | 16% | 15% |
| Immigration | 5% | 8% | 11% |
| Political corruption / leadership | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| Border security | 4% | 6% | 11% |
| Environment / climate change | 6% | 6% | 7% |
| Health care | 7% | 3% | 3% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation / rising prices | 28% | 24% | 20% | 17% |
| The economy | 15% | 24% | 14% | 9% |
| Immigration | 5% | 5% | 8% | 12% |
| Political corruption / leadership | 6% | 4% | 9% | 6% |
| Border security | 1% | 3% | 8% | 12% |
| Environment / climate change | 5% | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Health care | 9% | 4% | 3% | 4% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation / rising prices | 37% | 24% | 21% | 21% | 22% | 14% |
| The economy | 2% | 15% | 14% | 15% | 18% | 19% |
| Immigration | 2% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 8% |
| Political corruption / leadership | 16% | 5% | 10% | 4% | 6% | 4% |
| Border security | 9% | 5% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 3% |
| Environment / climate change | 4% | 8% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 7% |
| Health care | 1% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 4% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation / rising prices | 25% | 21% | 23% | 15% |
| The economy | 13% | 21% | 10% | 13% |
| Immigration | 10% | 8% | 5% | 3% |
| Political corruption / leadership | 4% | 5% | 11% | 14% |
| Border security | 7% | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| Environment / climate change | 4% | 5% | 9% | 12% |
| Health care | 3% | 5% | 6% | 5% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation / rising prices | 25% | 24% | 15% | 13% |
| The economy | 14% | 17% | 11% | 21% |
| Immigration | 14% | 6% | 3% | 5% |
| Political corruption / leadership | 4% | 6% | 12% | 4% |
| Border security | 6% | 8% | 4% | 5% |
| Environment / climate change | 5% | 5% | 11% | 6% |
| Health care | 2% | 5% | 5% | 8% |
