The Economist/Yougov Poll

Which of these is the most important issue for you?
TOTAL
Economist/YouGov/Polimetrix Page 4
Tables
Party ID Ideology Gender Age Group Race Income
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Dem Rep Ind Lib Mod Cons Male Fem 18-29 30-44 45-64 65+ White Black Hisp 100
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Base: Valid Cases 963 313 268 291 232 300 322 465 498 167 275 381 139 737 103 121 433 306 124
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The war in Iraq 186 88 35 48 74 60 39 94 92 31 42 74 38 134 18 34 79 58 27
19% 28% 13% 17% 32% 20% 12% 20% 18% 19% 15% 19% 28% 18% 17% 28% 18% 19% 22%
The economy 156 57 32 52 37 55 41 74 82 36 53 56 10 110 29 16 74 53 19
16% 18% 12% 18% 16% 18% 13% 16% 16% 22% 19% 15% 7% 15% 28% 14% 17% 17% 15%
Immigration 132 10 59 55 7 31 89 75 57 18 29 54 31 114 7 9 38 56 18
14% 3% 22% 19% 3% 10% 28% 16% 11% 11% 10% 14% 22% 15% 7% 8% 9% 18% 14%
The Environment 33 12 3 15 14 8 7 17 15 4 14 15 0 27 2 4 15 10 5
3% 4% 1% 5% 6% 3% 2% 4% 3% 3% 5% 4% 0% 4% 2% 3% 3% 3% 4%
Gun Control 13 4 4 2 1 5 6 9 4 4 2 6 1 11 0 1 7 3 1
1% 1% 2% 1% 0% 2% 2% 2% 1% 2% 1% 1% 1% 2% 0% 1% 2% 1% 1%
Terrorism 112 16 69 26 6 27 75 69 43 14 26 48 25 91 5 16 52 28 22
12% 5% 26% 9% 2% 9% 23% 15% 9% 8% 9% 12% 18% 12% 5% 14% 12% 9% 18%
Gay Rights 20 10 3 6 11 4 2 6 14 7 7 5 0 14 2 4 10 4 2
2% 3% 1% 2% 5% 1% 1% 1% 3% 4% 3% 1% 0% 2% 2% 3% 2% 1% 1%
Education 65 16 20 14 15 25 15 20 45 27 25 12 2 47 12 6 23 24 10
7% 5% 7% 5% 6% 8% 5% 4% 9% 16% 9% 3% 1% 6% 12% 5% 5% 8% 8%
Unemployment 13 6 3 3 2 7 2 2 11 4 4 4 1 7 5 1 9 3 0
1% 2% 1% 1% 1% 2% 1% 0% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 4% 1% 2% 1% 0%
Health care 111 40 17 40 30 46 17 50 60 5 38 58 9 89 9 12 59 32 8
11% 13% 6% 14% 13% 15% 5% 11% 12% 3% 14% 15% 6% 12% 8% 10% 14% 11% 6%
Housing costs 22 9 7 5 5 4 6 3 20 6 13 3 0 16 3 4 16 5 1
2% 3% 3% 2% 2% 1% 2% 1% 4% 4% 5% 1% 0% 2% 3% 3% 4% 2% 1%
Global warming 31 16 4 6 18 5 2 12 19 10 11 9 1 25 2 4 10 9 7
3% 5% 1% 2% 8% 2% 1% 3% 4% 6% 4% 2% 1% 3% 2% 3% 2% 3% 6%
Social Security 52 24 10 13 13 17 15 26 27 0 5 30 17 39 8 5 33 13 3
5% 8% 4% 5% 5% 6% 5% 6% 5% 0% 2% 8% 12% 5% 8% 4% 8% 4% 2%
Trade deficit 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 1
0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 1% 1%
Disaster preparedness 9 3 2 2 1 2 4 3 7 1 2 2 4 9 0 0 4 5 0
1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 3% 1% 0% 0% 1% 2% 0%
Illegal drugs 5 2 0 1 0 5 0 2 3 0 3 2 0 1 2 1 3 0 1
0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 1% 0% 1% 1% 0% 0% 2% 1% 1% 0% 1%
05 November - 06 November 2007