Most Important Issue Facing the Country (October 2019)

Most Important Issue Facing the Country (October 2019)

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categoryTotal
Political corruption/leadership16%
Immigration12%
Border security9%
Health care8%
Moral decline7%
Presidential impeachment6%

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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Political corruption/leadership25%7%10%
Immigration4%10%20%
Border security2%8%16%
Health care15%4%3%
Moral decline2%6%11%
Presidential impeachment8%3%5%

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categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Political corruption/leadership34%15%24%
Immigration1%8%4%
Border security4%0%1%
Health care12%19%16%
Moral decline1%4%1%
Presidential impeachment5%5%12%

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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Political corruption/leadership12%4%11%
Immigration18%20%21%
Border security15%9%20%
Health care2%2%3%
Moral decline13%17%8%
Presidential impeachment7%0%5%

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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Political corruption/leadership23%16%11%
Immigration6%7%18%
Border security1%5%16%
Health care14%8%5%
Moral decline3%5%10%
Presidential impeachment9%7%5%

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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Political corruption/leadership30%19%22%
Immigration6%8%4%
Border security1%0%1%
Health care17%10%15%
Moral decline3%6%0%
Presidential impeachment8%7%11%

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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Political corruption/leadership12%11%12%
Immigration14%19%18%
Border security8%19%17%
Health care7%4%6%
Moral decline9%10%10%
Presidential impeachment7%2%6%

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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Political corruption/leadership16%16%13%
Immigration13%1%16%
Border security12%1%7%
Health care6%15%10%
Moral decline8%7%2%
Presidential impeachment6%8%5%

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categoryMaleFemale
Political corruption/leadership14%17%
Immigration12%12%
Border security10%9%
Health care7%9%
Moral decline7%6%
Presidential impeachment7%5%

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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Political corruption/leadership15%16%15%
Immigration9%13%14%
Border security6%10%12%
Health care12%7%6%
Moral decline5%6%11%
Presidential impeachment6%7%4%

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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Political corruption/leadership10%11%20%19%
Immigration12%13%11%14%
Border security8%6%11%11%
Health care8%6%10%7%
Moral decline7%5%8%5%
Presidential impeachment2%6%7%9%

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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Political corruption/leadership9%16%17%13%14%22%
Immigration8%14%9%22%8%11%
Border security3%11%10%5%11%7%
Health care12%8%5%11%9%5%
Moral decline2%7%7%6%7%5%
Presidential impeachment6%7%7%4%6%6%

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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Political corruption/leadership15%15%20%14%
Immigration13%12%11%10%
Border security11%10%4%7%
Health care8%7%8%9%
Moral decline9%6%5%3%
Presidential impeachment5%4%5%12%

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categoryThe Bible is the word of God, to be taken literallyThe Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literallyThe Bible is a book written by men
Political corruption/leadership14%14%18%
Immigration14%14%8%
Border security10%12%2%
Health care11%5%10%
Moral decline9%7%4%
Presidential impeachment5%5%10%

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