Most Important Problem Facing the Country Today (February 2010)
category | column-1 |
---|---|
The economy | 30% |
Unemployment/jobs | 18% |
Federal spending/national debt | 16% |
Health care | 10% |
Political corruption/leadership | 9% |
National security/terrorism | 5% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
The economy | 36% | 27% | 25% |
Unemployment/jobs | 24% | 22% | 11% |
Federal spending/national debt | 5% | 16% | 26% |
Health care | 18% | 9% | 2% |
Political corruption/leadership | 4% | 8% | 15% |
National security/terrorism | 2% | 4% | 9% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
The economy | 20% | 31% | 23% |
Unemployment/jobs | 16% | 19% | 6% |
Federal spending/national debt | 34% | 17% | 29% |
Health care | 0% | 4% | 2% |
Political corruption/leadership | 15% | 12% | 17% |
National security/terrorism | 4% | 4% | 13% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
The economy | 24% | 44% | 35% |
Unemployment/jobs | 17% | 17% | 28% |
Federal spending/national debt | 14% | 7% | 2% |
Health care | 19% | 11% | 20% |
Political corruption/leadership | 16% | 4% | 1% |
National security/terrorism | 0% | 1% | 3% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
The economy | 38% | 30% | 26% |
Unemployment/jobs | 24% | 26% | 12% |
Federal spending/national debt | 5% | 5% | 26% |
Health care | 18% | 16% | 3% |
Political corruption/leadership | 3% | 6% | 14% |
National security/terrorism | 0% | 4% | 7% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
The economy | 27% | 29% | 17% |
Unemployment/jobs | 16% | 9% | 12% |
Federal spending/national debt | 20% | 28% | 30% |
Health care | 7% | 0% | 2% |
Political corruption/leadership | 8% | 16% | 18% |
National security/terrorism | 3% | 9% | 9% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
The economy | 43% | 29% | 45% |
Unemployment/jobs | 23% | 23% | 28% |
Federal spending/national debt | 9% | 1% | 0% |
Health care | 11% | 24% | 22% |
Political corruption/leadership | 2% | 5% | 0% |
National security/terrorism | 0% | 0% | 2% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
The economy | 36% | 27% | 26% |
Unemployment/jobs | 26% | 8% | 15% |
Federal spending/national debt | 3% | 27% | 26% |
Health care | 19% | 3% | 3% |
Political corruption/leadership | 2% | 16% | 19% |
National security/terrorism | 2% | 6% | 5% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
The economy | 24% | 30% | 45% |
Unemployment/jobs | 17% | 26% | 16% |
Federal spending/national debt | 20% | 2% | 13% |
Health care | 8% | 17% | 8% |
Political corruption/leadership | 12% | 4% | 4% |
National security/terrorism | 5% | 6% | 3% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
The economy | 26% | 33% |
Unemployment/jobs | 18% | 18% |
Federal spending/national debt | 20% | 12% |
Health care | 8% | 11% |
Political corruption/leadership | 11% | 8% |
National security/terrorism | 3% | 7% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
The economy | 31% | 30% | 27% |
Unemployment/jobs | 22% | 17% | 13% |
Federal spending/national debt | 10% | 19% | 16% |
Health care | 11% | 8% | 11% |
Political corruption/leadership | 6% | 9% | 16% |
National security/terrorism | 5% | 6% | 3% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The economy | 47% | 32% | 27% | 23% | 28% | 38% |
Unemployment/jobs | 16% | 16% | 22% | 19% | 16% | 19% |
Federal spending/national debt | 0% | 14% | 15% | 23% | 19% | 16% |
Health care | 24% | 10% | 9% | 12% | 9% | 9% |
Political corruption/leadership | 0% | 11% | 8% | 13% | 9% | 10% |
National security/terrorism | 13% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 0% |