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Polls listed chronologically. Data are from nationwide surveys of Americans 18 & older.

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Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll. Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 2007. N=1,245 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"What issue or problem do you consider the top priority for candidates running for president to address this election? Is it the war in Iraq, or protecting the country from terrorist attacks, or the economy, or education, or the environment, or health care issues, or illegal immigration, or other social issues, such as abortion and gay rights, or is there another issue?" Two replies accepted
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	War in Iraq	32
	Economy	25
	Health care	19
	Terrorism	18
	Illegal immigration	15
	Education	10
	Environment	5
	Other social issues	5
	Other	4
	None/All (vol.)	10
	Unsure	1

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2007. N=1,002 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 4.
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"In deciding which presidential candidate to support in 2008, which one of the following issues is most important to you: [see below]?" Options rotated
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		ALL	Repub- licans	Demo- crats	Indepen- dents
		%	%	%	%
	The economy and jobs	22	14	30	19
	Iraq	19	13	26	19
	Health care	17	14	22	15
	Terrorism and national security	15	27	5	14
	Taxes and government spending	10	16	4	11
	Immigration	7	10	3	8
	The environment and global warming	5	1	7	8
	Other/None of these (vol.)	1	2	-	1
	Unsure	4	3	3	5

CBS News Poll. Oct. 12-16, 2007. N=1,143 registered voters nationwide.
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"Which one issue would you most like to hear the candidates for president discuss during the 2008 presidential campaign?" Open-ended
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	War in Iraq	26
	Health care	25
	Economy/Jobs	11
	Immigration	6
	Education	3
	Environment	2
	Social Security	2
	Defense/Military	2
	Terrorism (general)	2
	Abortion	1
	Other	12
	Unsure	8

CBS News/New York Times Poll. July 9-17, 2007. N=1,554 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"In deciding who you would like to see elected president next year, which ONE of the following issues will be most important to you: [see below], or something else?" N=1,398 registered voters
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	The war in Iraq	20
	Terrorism and national security	17
	The economy and jobs	17
	Health care	16
	Immigration	10
	Education	8
	The environment and global warming	7
	Something else	5

The Harris Poll. July 6-9, 2007. N=1,003 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"What do you think are the two most important issues for the government to address?" Open-ended
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		Top Responses
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	The war	27
	Health care (not Medicare)	19
	Immigration	13
	Iraq	10
	The economy (non-specific)	10
	Education	7
	Terrorism	7
	Foreign policy (non-specific)	7
	Taxes	5
	Gas and oil prices	5
	Employment/Jobs	5

CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. May 4-6, 2007. N=1,028 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"How important will each of the following issues be to your vote for president next year? Will it be extremely important, very important, moderately important, or not that important? . . ."
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		Extremely Important	Very Important	Moderately Important	Not That Important	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	The situation in Iraq	51	37	9	2	-
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	Terrorism	45	35	14	6	-
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	Education	44	37	16	3	-
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	Health care	43	35	18	4	-
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	Gas prices	43	31	16	10	1
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	Corruption and ethical standards in government	41	36	17	7	-
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	The situation in Iran	38	39	17	5	1
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	Social Security and Medicare	38	37	20	4	-
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	The economy	33	46	16	4	-
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	Illegal immigration	31	32	26	10	1
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	Taxes	30	40	23	6	1
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	The federal budget deficit	30	34	26	9	2
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	Global warming	27	26	27	19	1
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	Abortion	27	24	24	24	1
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	Gun policy	26	26	29	17	2
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	Stem cell research	20	28	28	21	3
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	Policies toward gays and lesbians	13	15	30	41	1

Gallup Poll. April 23-26, 2007. N=1,007 adults nationwide, drawn from Gallup's household panel, which was originally recruited through random selection methods. MoE ą 4.
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"In your view, what one or two issues should be the top priorities for the President and Congress to deal with at this time?" Open-ended. Multiple responses accepted.
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	Situation in Iraq/War	66
	Poor health care/Cost of health care	20
	Economy in general	14
	Immigration/Illegal aliens	14
	Fuel/Oil prices/Energy crisis	7
	Environment/Pollution	5
	National security	4
	Education/Poor education/Access to educ.	4
	Terrorism	4
	Federal deficit/Federal debt	3
	Social Security	3
	Other	22
	Unsure	1

Diageo/Hotline Poll conducted by Financial Dynamics. March 29-April 1, 2007. N=800 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.5.
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"Now I'm going to read to you a list of issues that the U.S. Congress may address. Which one of the following issues do you think should be the top priority for the U.S. Congress to address: [see below]?" If "All": "If you absolutely had to choose, which one issue would you say should be the top priority?"
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	War in Iraq	26
	Health care	13
	Immigration	9
	Economy/Jobs/Unemployment	9
	Social Security/Medicare	8
	Terrorism/Homeland security	8
	Education	6
	Gas prices	4
	The actions of the executive branch/the President	3
	The environment	1
	All of the above (vol.)	13
	Unsure	1

CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. Jan. 19-21, 2007. N=1,008 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"How important is it to you that the President and Congress deal with each of the following issues in the next year? Is it extremely important, very important, moderately important, or not that important? . . ."
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		Extremely Important	Very Important	Moderately Important	Not That Important	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	The situation in Iraq	59	31	5	4	1
	Terrorism	54	32	11	3	-
	Health care policy	44	36	16	4	1
	The economy	38	41	18	3	1
	The federal budget deficit	37	37	20	4	1
	Energy policies	34	39	22	3	2
	Illegal immigration	32	29	29	10	1
	Taxes	31	35	27	5	1
	Global warming	29	30	23	16	2
	Stem cell research	18	27	33	17	4

CNN Poll conducted by Opinion Research Corporation. Dec. 15-17, 2006. Adults nationwide.
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"Here are some of the proposals which the Democratic leaders in the U.S. House have promised to address in the first weeks of 2007. For each one, please tell me whether you favor or oppose legislation that would attempt to do each of the following. . . ." N=approx. 500 adults, MoE ą 4.5
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		Favor	Oppose	Unsure
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	Allowing the government to negotiate with drug companies to attempt to lower the price of prescription drugs for some senior citizens
	12/15-17/06	87	12	1
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	Raising the minimum wage
	12/15-17/06	85	14	1
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	Cutting interest rates on federal loans to college students
	12/15-17/06	84	15	1
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	Creating an independent panel to oversee ethics in Congress
	12/15-17/06	79	19	2
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	Making significant changes in U.S. policy in Iraq
	12/15-17/06	77	20	3
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	Reducing the amount of influence lobbyists have in congressional decisions
	12/15-17/06	75	21	4
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	Implementing all of the anti-terrorism recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission
	12/15-17/06	64	26	10
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	Maintaining the current Social Security system to prevent the creation of private investment accounts
	12/15-17/06	63	32	6
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	Funding embryonic stem cell research
	12/15-17/06	62	32	6
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	Reducing some federal tax breaks for oil companies
	12/15-17/06	49	49	2
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	Changing the rules to allow Congress to create new spending programs only if taxes are raised or spending on other programs is cut
	12/15-17/06	41	54	5
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"Here are some of the proposals which the Democratic leaders in the U.S. House have promised to address in the first weeks of 2007. For each one, please tell me whether you think that is extremely important for Congress to address, very important, somewhat important, or not important at all. . . ." N=approx. 500 adults, MoE ą 4.5
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		Extremely Important	Very Important	Somewhat Important	Not Important At All	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
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	Allowing the government to negotiate with drug companies to attempt to lower the price of prescription drugs for some senior citizens
	12/15-17/06	42	40	11	8	0
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	Making significant changes in U.S. policy in Iraq
	12/15-17/06	40	37	15	7	2
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	Raising the minimum wage
	12/15-17/06	37	34	17	12	0
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	Reducing the amount of influence lobbyists have in congressional decisions
	12/15-17/06	34	28	25	10	3
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	Cutting interest rates on federal loans to college students
	12/15-17/06	32	36	22	9	1
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	Maintaining the current Social Security system to prevent the creation of private investment accounts
	12/15-17/06	32	35	20	11	2
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	Implementing all of the anti-terrorism recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission
	12/15-17/06	27	40	22	8	2
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	Creating an independent panel to oversee ethics in Congress
	12/15-17/06	27	34	25	13	1
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	Reducing some federal tax breaks for oil companies
	12/15-17/06	23	21	17	36	3
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	Funding embryonic stem cell research
	12/15-17/06	22	30	25	20	2
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	Changing the rules to allow Congress to create new spending programs only if taxes are raised or spending on other programs is cut
	12/15-17/06	15	24	37	21	4

*ABC News/Washington Post* Poll. Dec. 7-11, 2006. N=1,005 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"What would you say is the one most important problem you would like to see Bush and the Congress deal with next year?" Open-ended
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	Iraq/War in Iraq	44
	Economy	10
	Health care	6
	Immigration	5
	Terrorism/Homeland security	4
	Education	4
	Jobs/Unemployment	3
	Gas prices/Energy prices	3
	Other	18
	Unsure	4

CNN Poll conducted by Opinion Research Corporation. Nov. 17-19, 2006. N=1,025 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Who do you have more confidence in when it comes to handling the following issues: President Bush or the Democrats in Congress? . . ."
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		President Bush	Democrats in Congress	Both (vol.)	Neither (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	Terrorism
	11/17-19/06	46	45	2	5	2
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	Foreign affairs
	11/17-19/06	39	53	1	4	2
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	Taxes
	11/17-19/06	38	52	1	6	2
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	The situation in Iraq
	11/17-19/06	38	53	1	6	2
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	The economy
	11/17-19/06	36	57	2	4	1
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	Health care
	11/17-19/06	30	61	2	6	2
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	Social Security
	11/17-19/06	30	61	1	6	2
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	The federal budget deficit
	11/17-19/06	27	61	1	7	3

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Nov. 9-10, 2006. N=1,006 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"As I read you some things the new Democratic Congress might do over the next two years, please tell me if you think each should be one of their top priorities, a lower priority, or should not be done at all. What about [see below]? Should this be one of their top priorities, a lower priority, or should this not be done?" 10/06 wording: "As I read you some things the Democrats might do over the next two years if they take control of Congress . . . ."
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		One of Top Priorities	A Lower Priority	Not Done at All	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	Allowing the government to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies to lower drug prices for seniors
	11/9-10/06	75	17	7	1
	10/19-20/06	74	18	6	2
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	Increasing the minimum wage
	11/9-10/06	68	21	10	1
	10/19-20/06	68	21	9	2
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	Investigating government contracts in Iraq
	11/9-10/06	60	29	10	1
	10/19-20/06	58	29	8	5
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	Investigating charges of impropriety or wrong-doing by members of Congress
	11/9-10/06	55	34	9	2
	10/19-20/06	62	27	7	4
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	Cutting the interest rate on federal student loans
	11/9-10/06	53	38	8	1
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	New rules to limit the influence of lobbyists
	11/9-10/06	52	34	10	4
	10/19-20/06	52	29	9	10
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	Enacting all the recommendations of the 9/11 commission
	11/9-10/06	50	36	6	8
	10/19-20/06	52	30	7	11
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	Investigating questions about the decision to go to war with Iraq
	11/9-10/06	49	26	23	2
	10/19-20/06	52	25	19	4
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	Broadening the kinds of stem cell research that can receive federal funding
	11/9-10/06	48	31	17	4
	10/19-20/06	44	31	19	6
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	Rolling back some of the Bush tax cuts
	11/9-10/06	40	32	24	4
	10/19-20/06	38	28	28	6
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	Impeaching George W. Bush
	11/9-10/06	25	23	50	2
	10/19-20/06	28	23	44	5

*ABC News/Washington Post* Poll. Nov. 1-4, 2006. N=1,205 adults nationwide. Results below are among registered voters.
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"Which of the following will be/was the SINGLE MOST important issue in your vote for Congress this year: the U.S. campaign against terrorism, the war in Iraq, the economy, immigration, ethics in government, health care or something else?" Items rotated
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	Iraq	31
	Economy	21
	Health care	12
	Terrorism	11
	Immigration	9
	Ethics in government	6
	Something else	7
	Unsure	2

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Nov. 2-3, 2006. N=1,045 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 4.
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"In deciding your vote for Congress this year, which ONE of the following issues is most important to you? . . ." Options rotated
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		11/2-3/06	10/26-27/06
		%	%
	The situation in Iraq	32	29
	The economy	19	21
	Terrorism	12	14
	Health care	11	14
	Immigration	10	11
	Abortion	5	4
	Stem cell research	3	3
	Other/None of these (vol.)	3	2
	Unsure	5	2

CBS News/New York Times Poll. Oct. 27-31, 2006. N=598 likely voters nationwide. MoE ą 4.
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"Of all the problems facing this country today, which one do you most want the new Congress to concentrate on first?" Open-ended
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		ALL	Republicans	Democrats	Independents
		%	%	%	%
	War in Iraq	39	25	53	36
	Illegal immigration	9	15	3	10
	Economy and jobs	7	4	6	10
	Defense/Military	5	8	4	5
	Health care	5	2	8	5
	Terrorism (general)	5	10	1	4
	Education	2	1	2	2
	Foreign policy	2	1	2	2
	Taxes/IRS	2	2	1	1
	Environment	2	3	1	1
	Other	15	22	14	15
	Unsure	7	7	5	9

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Oct. 26-27, 2006. Nationwide.
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"In deciding your vote for Congress this year, which ONE of the following issues is most important to you? . . ." Options rotated. N=875 registered voters, MoE ą 4.
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		ALL	Republicans	Democrats	Independents
		%	%	%	%
	The situation in Iraq	29	14	40	30
	The economy	21	21	24	18
	Health care	14	12	14	17
	Terrorism	14	28	6	10
	Immigration	11	14	6	12
	Abortion	4	7	2	2
	Stem cell research	3	1	4	6
	Other/None of these (vol.)	2	1	2	3
	Unsure	2	2	2	2

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Oct. 17-22, 2006. N=1,552 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Of the following six issues, which ONE would you say is MOST important to your vote for Congress this year? . . ." Options rotated
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	The situation in Iraq	27
	The economy	20
	Health care	18
	Terrorism	14
	Immigration	11
	Energy policy	4
	Other (vol.)	2
	Unsure	4

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Oct. 19-20, 2006. N=903 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 4.
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"In deciding your vote for Congress this year, which ONE of the following issues is most important to you? . . ."
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	The situation in Iraq	31
	The economy	18
	Health care	16
	Terrorism	13
	Gas and oil prices	7
	Immigration	7
	Local issues in your area	2
	Other/None of these (vol.)	2
	Unsure	4

CNN Poll conducted by Opinion Research Corporation. Oct. 13-15, 2006. N=1,012 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"How important will each of the following issues be to your vote for Congress this year? Will it be extremely important, very important, moderately important, or not that important? . . . "
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		Extremely Important	Very Important	Moderately Important	Not That Important	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	The situation in Iraq
	10/13-15/06	43	38	13	5	1
	9/22-24/06	46	36	14	2	1
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	Terrorism
	10/13-15/06	43	37	16	5	1
	9/22-24/06	49	33	14	5	-

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	The economy
	10/13-15/06	33	45	18	4	1
	9/22-24/06	32	42	21	4	-
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	The situation in North Korea
	10/13-15/06	32	34	23	9	2
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	The charges that a former congressman named Mark Foley behaved inappropriately toward teenage boys
	10/13-15/06	27	28	21	22	2
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	Values issues such as same-sex marriage or abortion Half sample, MoE ą 4.5
	10/13-15/06	22	27	25	26	1

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. Oct. 10-11, 2006. N=900 likely voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"How important will each of the following issues be to your vote for Congress this fall . . . ?"
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		Extremely Important	Very Important	Somewhat Important	Not at All Important	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	The situation in Iraq
	10/10-11/06	45	40	13	1	1
	9/26-27/06	52	36	9	3	1
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	The economy
	10/10-11/06	39	47	12	2	1
	9/26-27/06	48	40	11	1	1
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	Terrorism
	10/10-11/06	39	36	19	5	1
	9/26-27/06	52	33	12	1	1

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	Political corruption
	10/10-11/06	36	36	17	8	3
	9/26-27/06	41	32	20	5	2
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	Immigration
	10/10-11/06	29	35	24	10	1
	9/26-27/06	35	28	26	10	1
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	The Mark Foley congressional page scandal
	10/10-11/06	11	15	26	42	5

USA Today/Gallup Poll. Oct. 6-8, 2006. N=1,007 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"How important will each of the following issues be to your vote for Congress this year? Will it be extremely important, very important, moderately important, or not that important? How about [see below]?"
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		Extremely Important	Very Important	Moderately Important	Not That Important	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	Corruption in government
	10/6-8/06	48	38	11	2	1
	1/6-8/06	43	38	15	3	1
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	The situation in Iraq
	10/6-8/06	48	38	11	2	1
	1/6-8/06	45	40	11	3	1
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	Moral standards in the country
	10/6-8/06	36	34	18	11	1
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	Gas prices
	10/6-8/06	34	31	25	10	-
	1/6-8/06	33	33	26	8	1

*ABC News/Washington Post* Poll. Oct. 5-8, 2006. N=1,204 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"For each item I name, please tell me how important it will be in your vote for Congress this year. Will it be one of the single most important issues, very important, somewhat important or less important than that? . . ." Among registered voters
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		Single Most Important	Very Important	Somewhat Important	Less Important	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	The situation in Iraq
	10/5-8/06	15	68	16	2	-
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	The U.S campaign against terrorism
	10/5-8/06	11	67	19	4	-

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	The economy
	10/5-8/06	12	65	20	3	-
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	Health care
	10/5-8/06	11	61	22	6	-

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	Ethics in government
	10/5-8/06	9	56	27	7	1
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	Local issues where you live
	10/5-8/06	8	51	32	8	1
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	Immigration issues
	10/5-8/06	7	47	29	16	1

Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs. Oct. 2-4, 2006. N=1,234 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 2.8.
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"How important will each of the following issues be to your vote for Congress this fall . . . ?"
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		Extremely Important	Very Important	Moderately Important	Slightly Important	Not at All Important
		%	%	%	%	%
	The situation in Iraq
	10/2-4/06	39	48	10	2	1
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	Terrorism
	10/2-4/06	39	45	11	4	1

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	The economy
	10/2-4/06	32	52	12	3	1
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	Health care
	10/2-4/06	36	45	12	4	2

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	Social Security
	10/2-4/06	30	44	17	7	2
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	Political corruption
	10/2-4/06	29	41	18	9	3
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	Taxes
	10/2-4/06	24	45	21	8	2
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	Gas prices
	10/2-4/06	25	42	22	7	4
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	Immigration
	10/2-4/06	19	38	25	12	6
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	Same-sex marriage
	10/2-4/06	17	20	12	11	39

CNN Poll conducted by Opinion Research Corporation. Sept. 22-24, 2006. N=approx. 500 adults nationwide. MoE ą 4.5.
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"How important will each of the following issues be to your vote for Congress this year? Will it be extremely important, very important, moderately important, or not that important? . . . "
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		Extremely Important	Very Important	Moderately Important	Not That Important	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	Health care
	9/22-24/06	33	42	19	6	-
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	Illegal immigration
	9/22-24/06	31	30	23	15	1
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	Gas prices
	9/22-24/06	28	33	28	11	-
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	Moral issues such as same-sex marriage and stem cell research
	9/22-24/06	24	29	26	20	2
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	Local issues that only affect the people in your community
	9/22-24/06	21	39	28	11	1

USA Today/Gallup Poll. Sept. 15-17, 2006. N=1,003 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Which ONE of the following issues is MOST important to you when you think about your vote for Congress this year: economic conditions, health care, the situation in Iraq, illegal immigration, terrorism or education?" Items rotated
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		ALL Adults	Likely Voters
		%	%
	Situation in Iraq	27	27
	Economic conditions	18	18
	Terrorism	16	19
	Illegal immigration	13	14
	Health care	11	10
	Education	9	7
	Other (vol.)	2	3
	None (vol.)	1	1
	Unsure	2	2

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). Sept. 8-11, 2006. N=approx. 500 registered voters nationwide. RV = registered voters. Except where noted, results below are among all adults.
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"Generally speaking do you feel that [see below] has the same priorities for the country as you do, or do you think that [see below] has different priorities for the country than you do?"
					.
		Same	Different	Depends/ Mixed (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	President Bush
	9/8-11/06 RV	34	59	6	1
	11/4-7/05	29	65	4	2
	5/12-16/05	35	57	7	1
					.
	The Democrats in Congress
	9/8-11/06 RV	31	49	13	7
	11/4-7/05	26	54	12	8
	5/12-16/05	34	48	14	4
					.
	The Republicans in Congress
	9/8-11/06 RV	28	55	12	5
	11/4-7/05	24	58	11	7
	5/12-16/05	33	55	9	3
					.
	Congress
	9/8-11/06 RV	15	70	10	5
	11/4-7/05	19	65	10	6

CNN Poll conducted by Opinion Research Corporation. Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2006. N=1,004 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
					.
"In general, do you think that the federal government's policies on issues that matter to you needs a complete overhaul, major changes, minor changes, or no change at all?"
					.
		Complete Overhaul	Major Changes	Minor Changes	No Change at All	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	8/30 - 9/2/06	21	41	30	7	1
					.
"Which of the following will be MOST important to your vote for Congress this year: terrorism, the situation in Iraq, the economy, immigration, or moral issues such as same-sex marriage and stem cell research?" Items rotated
					.
		Economy	Iraq	Terrorism	Moral Issues	Immigration
		%	%	%	%	%
	8/30 - 9/2/06	28	25	18	15	14

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. Aug. 29-30, 2006. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
				.
"As of today, which one of the following issues will be the most important in deciding your vote for Congress this fall: [see below]?" Items rotated
				.
		8/29-30/06	6/27-28/06
		%	%
	The economy	23	19
	Iraq	14	16
	Terrorism	12	12
	Health care	11	10
	Immigration	9	11
	Gas prices	8	7
	Social Security	7	7
	Ethics in Washington	6	6
	Other (vol.)	5	8
	Unsure	4	4

CBS News/New York Times Poll. Aug. 17-21, 2006. N=1,206 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
				.
"If you had to say, which of these six issues do you think is MOST important for political leaders to concentrate on right now? (1) Fighting terrorism. (2) Strengthening the economy. (3) Dealing with the war in Iraq. (4) Lowering gas prices. (5) Reducing the cost of heath care. OR, (6) Dealing with the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah."
				.
		ALL Adults	Republicans	Democrats	Independents
		%	%	%	%
	Fighting terrorism	24	41	12	21
	Dealing with war in Iraq	22	15	29	22
	Strengthening economy	20	16	20	23
	Reducing health care costs	18	11	20	20
	Lowering gas prices	9	8	11	7
	Dealing with Israel, Hezbollah	6	7	7	5
	Unsure	1	2	1	2

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. June 13-14, 2006. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
			.
"Which one of the following issues do you think should be the top priority for Congress to work on this summer: [see below]?" Items rotated
			.
		%
	Iraq	35
	Gas prices	28
	Immigration	26
	Same-sex marriage	5
	Flag burning	-
	Other (vol.)	5
	Unsure	1

Associated Press/Ipsos poll conducted by Ipsos-Public Affairs. Sept. 16-18, 2005. N=1,000 adults nationwide.
				.
"I'm going to read you a list of eight issues and I'm going to read the list twice. Please tell me which ONE should be the highest priority for President Bush and the U.S. Congress in the next few months. [See below.]" Asked of half the sample (Form A)
				.
		9/16-18/05	8/29-31/05
		%	%
	The economy and jobs	25	14
	The situation in Iraq	19	29
	Energy and gas prices	17	24
	Terrorism	11	9
	Health care	10	7
	Education	7	5
	Social Security	5	5
	Taxes	2	3
	Recovery from Hurricane Katrina (vol.)	1	-
	Other (vol.)	1	3
	Unsure	2	1
				.
"I'm going to read you a list of nine issues and I'm going to read the list twice. Please tell me which ONE should be the highest priority for President Bush and the U.S. Congress in the next few months. [See below.]" Asked of half the sample (Form B)
				.
		%
	Recovery from Hurricane Katrina	29
	The situation in Iraq	19
	The economy and jobs	16
	Energy and gas prices	14
	Terrorism	6
	Health care	5
	Social Security	4
	Education	3
	Taxes	1
	Other (vol.)	2
	Unsure	1

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. Sept. 13-14, 2005. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
			.
"Which one of the following do you think should be the top domestic priority for President Bush right now: [see below]?" Items rotated
			.
		%
	Hurricane relief	27
	The economy	17
	Homeland security	14
	Gas prices	10
	Health care	9
	Social Security	8
	Education	5
	Something else (vol.)	5
	Unsure	4

*ABC News/Washington Post* Poll. June 2-5, 2005. N=1,002 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
				.
"Which of these should be the highest priority for Bush and Congress this year: the U.S. campaign against terrorism, the war in Iraq, the economy and jobs, health care, Social Security, or something else?" Options rotated
				.
		6/2-5/05	4/21-24/05
		%	%
	The economy and jobs	30	32
	The war in Iraq	24	22
	Health care	16	15
	Social Security	13	11
	U.S. campaign against terrorism	12	12
	Something else	4	6
	Unsure	1	1

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). May 12-16, 2005. N=1,005 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.1.
				.
"Generally speaking do you feel that, [see below] has the same priorities for the country as you do, or do you think that [see below] has different priorities for the country than you do?"
				.
		Same	Different	Mixed/ Depends (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	President Bush	35	57	7	1
	The Democrats in Congress **	34	48	14	4
	The Republicans in Congress **	33	55	9	3
	Congress *	17	65	14	4
				.
	* Half-sample (Form A) ** Half-sample (Form B)
				.
"I'm going to list some issues, and for each one, please tell me whether you think that President Bush and his administration are placing too much emphasis on this issue, too little emphasis, or the right amount of emphasis . . . ." Half-sample (Form A)
				.
		Too Much	Too Little	Right Amount	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	Iraq	49	12	34	5
	Issues related to moral values	30	27	39	4
	Social Security	27	40	27	6
	Afghanistan	26	24	41	9
	Terrorism	19	25	52	4
	Homeland security	17	28	52	3
	Immigration	14	56	21	9
	Gas prices	9	64	22	5
	Education	8	57	31	4
	Health care	3	75	20	2
	Jobs and the economy	1	65	31	3

CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. Feb. 4-6, 2005. N=1,010 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
			.
"How important is it to you that the President and Congress deal with each of the following issues in the next year? Is it extremely important, very important, moderately important, or not that important? How about [see below]?"
			.
		Extremely/ Very Important
		%
	Terrorism	89
	The situation in Iraq	89
	Health care costs	88
	The economy	88
	Education	85
	Social Security	79
	Taxes	71
	Limits on lawsuits	50
	Same-sex marriages or civil unions	40

Time Poll conducted by Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas (SRBI) Public Affairs. Oct. 19-21, 2004. N=1,059 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.

"Which of the following issues is most important to you in deciding how you might vote for president in November? . . ."
		10/19-21/04	10/14-15/04	9/21-23/04	8/31 - 9/2/04
		%	%	%	%
	The economy	24	26	26	25
	The war on terrorism	24	22	23	24
	The situation in Iraq	18	20	20	17
	Health care costs	14	14	12	11
	Moral values issues, such as gay marriage and abortion	14	12	15	16
	Other (vol.)	3	2	2	3
	Unsure	3	5	3	4

ABC News/Washington Post Poll. Aug. 26-29, 2004. N=945 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
			.
"What will be the single most important issue in your vote for president this year: the U.S. campaign against terrorism, the war in Iraq, the economy and jobs, education, health care, or something else?" Items rotated
			.
		%
	The economy and jobs	31
	Iraq	19
	Campaign against terrorism	19
	Health care	12
	Education	6
	Other	11
	No opinion	2

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Robert Teeter (R). June 25-28, 2004. N=1,025 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
			.
"Please tell me which ONE of the following issues will be most important to you personally in your voting for Congress and president this year." Read list. If "All": "Well, if you had to choose, which one will be MOST important?"
			.
		%
	The war in Iraq	25
	Terrorism and homeland security	22
	Jobs and unemployment	21
	Health care and prescription drug coverage	11
	The federal budget deficit	9
	Taxes	4
	Energy and gasoline prices	5
	Other (vol.)	2
	Not sure	1

*CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll*. March 5-7, 2004. N=503 adults nationwide. MoE ą 5.
						.
"Thinking ahead to the elections for president in 2004, if you had to choose, which of the following issues will be more important to your vote: economic conditions or terrorism?" Items rotated
		Economic Conditions	Terrorism	Both Equally (vol.)	Neither (vol.)	No Opinion
		%	%	%	%	%
	3/04	65	26	8	1	-
	1/03	53	32	13	1	1

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. Feb. 19-20, 2004. N=873 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 4.

"Now Im going to read you a list of issues. Please tell me how important you think each will be in determining your vote for president this year. What about [see below]? Will this issue be very important, somewhat important, not too important, or not at all important in determining your vote?" Items rotated

		Very Important
		%
	The economy	77
	Education	72
	Health care, including Medicare	70
	Terrorism and homeland security	69
	American jobs and foreign competition	68
	The situation in Iraq	63
	Taxes	55

Gallup Poll. Feb. 6-8, 2004. N=1,008 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
			.
"Now I am going to read a list of some of the issues that will probably be discussed in next year's presidential election campaigns. As I read each one, please tell me how important the candidates' positions on that issue will be in influencing your vote for president -- extremely important, very important, somewhat important, or not important. How about [see below]?"
			.
		Extremely/ Very Important
		%
	Education	86
	The economy	86
	Terrorism	85
	Health care	82
	The situation in Iraq	80
	Taxes	74
	The federal budget deficit	72
	Foreign affairs	65
	The environment	62
	Corporate corruption	60
	Immigration	55
	Gun policy	53
	Abortion	52
	Same-sex marriage	44

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. Sept. 9-10, 2003. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
			.
"What do you think is the most important issue for the federal government to address today?"
		%
	Economy/Jobs/Unemployment	38
	Terrorism, other than Iraq	14
	Defense/Military/Homeland security	8
	Education	7
	Health care/Prescription drugs	7
	War/Iraq/Saddam Hussein	6
	Domestic issues/Take care of U.S.	3
	Balanced budget/Deficit	3
	Taxes	2
	Social Security/Medicare	2
	Other	5
	Don't know	5

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. Nov. 7-8, 2002. N=1,000 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
					.
"In general, which do you think should be a bigger priority for Congress and the President over the next two years: the economy and jobs or terrorism and national security?"
			2002 Vote for Congress
		ALL	Repub- lican	Demo- crat	Didn't Vote
		%	%	%	%
	Economy and jobs	41	24	58	42
	Terrorism and national security	23	36	12	24
	Both equally (vol.)	35	38	28	33
	Don't know	1	2	2	1

CBS News Poll. Nov. 2-4, 2002. N=1,867 likely voters nationwide. MoE ą 2.
			.
"Which ONE of the following issues will matter / mattered most to you when you decide(d) how to vote in the race for U.S. House of Representatives in your district on Tuesday . . . ?"
			.
		%
	Economy	28
	Education	14
	Terrorism	13
	Health care	13
	Social Security	11
	Iraq	10
	Corporate reform	4
	Don't know/No answer	7

*CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll*. Oct. 21-22, 2002. N=1,018 adults nationwide (MoE ą 3), including 550 likely voters (MoE ą 5).
						.
"Thinking ahead to the elections for Congress this November, if you had to choose, which of the following issues will be more important to your vote: [rotate] economic conditions, or the possibility of war with Iraq?"
						.
		Economic Conditions	War with Iraq	Both (vol.)	No Opinion
		%	%	%	%
	Among likely voters:
	10/21-22/02	39	47	12	2
	Among all adults:
	10/21-22/02	47	40	11	2
	9/20-22/02	42	49	7	2
	9/2-4/02	57	34	7	2
	8/19-21/02	55	36	7	2

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