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Minnesota: Most important issue (vote choice)

Election 2008
Election 2006
Election 2004
Election 1998

Election 2008

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (President)

Issue¹	February 1, 2008	February 16, 2008	March 19, 2008	April 22, 2008	May 22, 2008
The economy	37%	38%	39%	53%	50%
The war in Iraq	21%	23%	20%	16%	17%
Health care	12%	11%	9%	5%	7%
Immigration	8%	4%	8%	5%	7%
National security	8%	11%	11%	7%	7%
Government ethics and corruption	8%	7%	5%	6%	4%
Social Security	3%	1%	3%	2%	2%
Other	1%	3%	2%	3%	4%
No opinion	3%	2%	3%	2%	3%
Poll	Rasmussen	Rasmussen	Rasmussen	Rasmussen	Rasmussen
Sample	500 LV	500 LV	500 LV	500 LV	500 LV
MoE	± 4.5	± 4.5	± 4.5	± 4.5	± 4.5

1 "When thinking about how you will vote in the next Presidential election, which of the following issues is most important?"

Election 2006

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (Governor)

Issue¹	September 18-20, 2006	October 26-30, 2006
Taxes / budget	35%	29%
Education / schools	24%	24%
Health care	9%	8%
Economy / jobs	5%	11%
Moral issues / family values	5%	9%
Roads / transportation	2%	1%
Environment / sprawl	1%	--
Crime	--	2%
Other	7%	5%
No opinion	12%	10%
Sample	625 LV	625 LV
MoE	± 4.0	± 4.0
Poll	Pioneer Press / MPR	Pioneer Press / MPR

1 "What do you believe is the most important issues in the governor's race?"

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (U.S. Senate)

Issue¹	September 18-20, 2006	October 26-30, 2006
Iraq	21%	23%
Health care / Medicare	15%	10%
War on terror / Homeland security	12%	11%
Taxes / government spending	10%	12%
Economy / jobs	5%	9%
Moral issues / family values	4%	10%
Referendum on Bush	3%	5%
Social / welfare issues	2%	2%
Immigration	2%	1%
Gas prices / energy	1%	1%
Environment	1%	3%
Other	10%	5%
No opinion	14%	8%
Sample	625 LV	625 LV
MoE	± 4.0	± 4.0
Poll	Pioneer Press / MPR	Pioneer Press / MPR

1 "What do you believe is the most important issues in the Senate race?"

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (U.S. Senate)

Issue¹	Very important	Somewhat important	Not very important	Not at all important	No opinion
The economy	64%	31%	2%	0%	2%
Issue of health care	64%	27%	7%	1%	2%
Situation in Iraq	58%	27%	9%	2%	3%
Poll	Rasmussen
Date	January 16, 2006
Sample	500 LV
MoE	± 4.5

1 "When it comes to determining how you will vote in the U.S. Senate races this year, how important is the ...?"

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (U.S. Senate): Iraq vs. Immigration

Issue¹	December 14, 2005
Situation in Iraq	62%
Immigration	27%
Some other issue	7%
No opinion	4%
Poll	Rasmussen
Sample	500 LV
MoE	± 4.5

1 "When it comes to determining how you will vote in the U.S. Senate race next year, which issue is more important ... immigration or the situation in Iraq?"

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (General)

Issue¹	Very important	Somewhat important	Not very important	Not at all important	No opinion
The economy	60%	33%	5%	1%	1%
The war on terror	71%	22%	4%	2%	1%
Cultural issues like abortion, same sex marriage, and family values	38%	31%	20%	11%	1%
Domestic issues like education, health care, and Social Security	68%	27%	4%	1%	0%
Immigration	38%	35%	20%	5%	1%
Reigning in government corruption	65%	25%	8%	1%	1%
Poll	Rasmussen
Date	October 4, 2006
Sample	500 LV
MoE	± 4.5

1 "I'm going to read you a short list of issues in the news today. For each, please let me know how important it will be in terms of how you will vote this November ..."

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (General)

Issue¹	August 1, 2006
The economy	30%
The war in Iraq	18%
National security	14%
Government corruption	11%
Immigration	9%
Same sex marriage	5%
Some other issue	8%
No opinion	3%
Poll	Rasmussen
Sample	500 LV
MoE	± 4.5

1 "In terms of how you will vote this November, which of the following issues is most important ... the economy, immigration, government corruption, national security, the war in Iraq, same-sex marriage, or some other issue?"

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (General)

Issue¹	February 20, 2006
The war in Iraq	32%
The economy	29%
Health care	22%
Development of alternative energy resources	13%
No opinion	4%
Poll	Rasmussen
Sample	500 LV
MoE	± 4.5

1 "In terms of how you will vote this November, which of the following issues is most important ... the economy, the war in Iraq, health care, or the development of alternative energy resources?"

Importance As Voting Issue (General)

Issue¹	Very important	Somewhat important	Not very important	Not at all important	No opinion
The economy	66%	28%	2%	3%	1%
Health care	66%	23%	9%	1%	1%
The situation in Iraq	57%	29%	10%	2%	2%
Development of alternative energy resources	63%	31%	5%	0%	1%
Poll	Rasmussen
Date	February 20, 2006
Sample	500 LV
MoE	± 4.5

1 "As a voting issue, how important is ... ?"

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (General): Iraq vs. Economy

Issue¹	February 20, 2006
The economy	45%
Situation in Iraq	48%
No opinion	7%
Poll	Rasmussen
Sample	500 LV
MoE	± 4.5

1 "In determining how you will vote which issue is more important ... the economy or the situation in Iraq?"

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (General): Iraq vs. Health Care

Issue¹	January 16, 2006
Health Care	48%
Situation in Iraq	42%
No opinion	10%
Poll	Rasmussen
Sample	500 LV
MoE	± 4.5

1 "In determining how you will vote which issue is more important ... health care or the situation in Iraq?"

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (General): Immigration vs. Health Care

Issue¹	January 16, 2006
Health care	80%
Immigration	16%
No opinion	4%
Poll	Rasmussen
Sample	500 LV
MoE	± 4.5

1 "In determining how you will vote, which issue is more important ... immigration or health care?"

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (General): Immigration vs. Economy

Issue¹	January 16, 2006
The economy	78%
Immigration	14%
No opinion	8%
Poll	Rasmussen
Sample	500 LV
MoE	± 4.5

1 "In determining how you will vote, which issue is more important ... immigration or the economy?"

Election 2004

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (Federal)

Issue¹	May 24-26, 2004	July 12-14, 2004	September 11-14, 2004
Economy, Jobs, and Unemployment	33%	30%	28%
Situation in Iraq	21%	27%	17%
Homeland Security & War on Terror	11%	11%	19%
Health Care	9%	7%	9%
Social Security and Medicare	8%	4%	3%
Moral Issues & Family Values	7%	12%	13%
Education	5%	2%	6%
Environment	2%	1%	2%
Other / No opinion	4%	6%	3%
Sample	625 RV	625 RV	625 LV
MoE	± 4.0	± 4.0	± 4.0
Poll	Pioneer Press / MPR	Pioneer Press / MPR	Pioneer Press / MPR

1 "Of the following issues, which one do yu feel will be most influential in your voting decision in the November election for national offices, such as President and the U.S. House?"

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (President)

Issue¹	June 21 – July 12, 2004	October 21-26, 2004
Economy and jobs	25%	25%
War in Iraq	20%	19%
Health care	13%	10%
U.S. campaign against terrorism	12%	18%
Education	10%	7%
Gay marriage	6%	3%
Medicare and prescription drugs	5%	3%
Other	7%	11%
No opinion	3%	4%
Sample	589	690 LV
MoE	± 4.0	± 4.0
Poll	Humphrey Institute	Humphrey Institute

1 "Which one of these issues will be the single most important issue in your vote for president this year?"

Election 1998

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (Governor)

Issue¹	February 20-22, 1998	August 28-30, 1998
Education	25%	25%
Taxes / government spending	23%	24%
Crime / drugs	8%	7%
Health care	7%	13%
Leadership record	6%	3%
Character of the candidate	4%	8%
Economic development	4%	6%
Social welfare	3%	4%
Environment	3%	1%
Candidate's party	2%	1%
Position on a new sports stadium	2%	0%
No opinion	13%	8%
Poll	Pioneer Press / MPR	Pioneer Press / MPR
Sample	827 RV	812 RV
MoE	± 3.5	± 3.5

1 "What issue will be the single most important to you when deciding how to vote in the governor's race?"