January 22, 2014: Quinnipiac Poll
What do you think should be the top priority for President Obama and Congress in 2014?
(Note: This was an open-ended question, not a multiple choice question.)
The SINGLE BIGGEST RESPONSE: 18% responded “Healthcare”
Here are the responses as grouped and ranked by CtH:
48% = Economy worries and stuff the Feds are supposed to do (combined)
- 16% Jobs/Unemployment
- 15% Economy(General)
- 12% Budget and Taxes (combined)
- 4% Budget(General)
- 3% Budget deficit
- 2% Budget(Gov spending)
- 1% Budget (Other)
- 1% Taxes(General)
- 1% Military Issues/Benefits
- 2% Foreign Policy
- 2% Immigration Issues
- 1% Obama resign
36% = Social engineering stuff the Feds are NOT supposed to do (combined)
- 18% Healthcare
- 2% Education (General)
- 1% Wages/Minimum Wage
- 1% Income inequality
- 1% Class inequality
- 1% Social Issues/Social Services
- 1% Gun Issues/Policy/Control
- 1% Environment
24% = People who don’t pay enough attention to answer intelligently (combined)
- 10% Other (less than 1% each)
- 9% Don’t Know / No Answer
- 4% Bipartisan/Cross party lines/ Coop to get things done
- 1% Candidate cares about people
January 27, 2014: Pew Opinion Poll
Which of the following should Congress and the President make a top priority?
Note: This was NOT an open-ended question. Percents given were for those who says YES to top priority.
The SINGLE BIGGEST RESPONSE: 80% Strengthening the Economy
Issues more or less evenly split Republican vs. Democrat:
- 80% Strengthening nation’s economy
- 74% Improving job situation
- 73% Defending against terrorism
- 69% Improving education
- 66% Securing Social Security
- 63% Reducing budget deficit
- 61% Securing Medicare
- 59% Reducing health care costs
- 55% Reducing crime
- 55% Reforming the nation’s tax system
- 45% Dealing with nation’s energy problem
- 42% Reducing the influence of lobbyists
- 41% Dealing with illegal immigration
- 39% Improving infrastructure
- 28% Dealing with global trade
Issues predominantly Democrat:
- 49% Helping poor and needy
- 49% Protecting environment
- 29% Dealing with global warming
Issues predominantly Republican:
- 43% Strengthening the military
- 39% Dealing with moral breakdown
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