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Wisconsin: Most important issue (vote choice)

Election 2008
Election 2006
Election 2004

Election 2008

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (President)

Issue¹	February 21, 2008	March 26, 2008	May 5, 2008
Economy	38%	39%	46%
War in Iraq	13%	22%	15%
National security	14%	11%	10%
Health care	12%	8%	8%
Immigration	5%	7%	6%
Government ethics and corruption	7%	6%	5%
Social Security	4%	3%	2%
Other	2%	2%	3%
No opinion	4%	2%	3%
Poll	Rasmussen	Rasmussen	Rasmussen
Sample	500 LV	500 LV	500 LV
MoE	± 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 - the economy, the War in Iraq, immigration, national security, health care, Social Security, or government ethics and corruption?"

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (President)

Issue¹	Very important	Somewhat important	Not too important	Not at all important	No opinion
The Iraq war	73%	20%	4%	3%	1%
Health care	68%	26%	4%	2%	1%
National security	68%	25%	5%	2%	1%
The economy	63%	29%	4%	2%	2%
Social Security	59%	29%	10%	2%	1%
Taxes	58%	31%	9%	1%	2%
The budget deficit	52%	32%	10%	3%	2%
Energy prices	50%	38%	7%	3%	2%
Immigration	49%	35%	11%	3%	3%
Environmental issues	47%	36%	10%	5%	2%
Iran	46%	33%	13%	5%	4%
Abortion	38%	29%	14%	17%	2%
International trade	35%	44%	15%	2%	4%
A candidate's religious beliefs	14%	20%	20%	44%	3%
Poll	WPR / St. Norbert College
Date	October 30 – November 8, 2007
Sample	401
MoE	± 5.0

1 "For each of the following issues, please tell me whether it is very important, somewhat important, not too important, or not at all important in determining your vote for president."

Most Important Issue in Presidential Election

Issue¹	March 25 – April 5, 2008
Economy and jobs	32%
Iraq	23%
Health care	12%
Personal characteristics	6%
National security	5%
Budget and taxes	4%
Immigration	3%
Diplomacy	3%
Abortion	2%
End partisan bickering	2%
Gas prices	2%
Terrorism	2%
No opinion	6%
Poll	WPR / St. Norbert
Sample	400
MoE	± 5.0

1 "What do you think is the most important issue in this year's presidential election?"

Election 2006

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (Governor)

Issue	October 9-16, 2006
Taxes	14%
Education	13%
Economy	11%
Personal character	11%
Health care	5%
Party preference	5%
Stem cell research	4%
Doyle	3%
General agreement on issues	3%
Budget	3%
Experience / track record	3%
Abortion	3%
Marriage amendment	3%
Environment	2%
Moral issues	2%
National issues	2%
Senior citizen issues	1%
Illegal immigration	1%
Social issues	1%
Gun control	1%
Performance in debates	1%
Death penalty	1%
Green	1%
Other	3%
No opinion	9%
Poll	WPR / St. Norbert College
Sample	400 LV
MoE	± 5.0

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (General)

Issue¹	August 10, 2006
The economy	32%
National security	16%
The war in Iraq	14%
Government corruption	13%
Immigration	9%
Same sex marriage	6%
Some other issue	6%
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, immigration, government corruption, national security, the war in Iraq, same-sex marriage, or some other issue?"

Importance as Voting Issue (General)

Issue¹	Very important	Somewhat important	Not very important	Not at all important	No opinion
The economy	74%	23%	2%	0%	1%
The situation in Iraq	74%	19%	5%	1%	0%
Political corruption	66%	27%	3%	2%	2%
Poll	Rasmussen
Date	January 23, 2006
Sample	500 LV
MoE	± 4.5

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

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (Congress): Iraq vs. Immigration

Issue¹	December 8, 2005
Situation in Iraq	53%
Immigration	35%
Some other issue	7%
No opinion	5%
Poll	Rasmussen
Sample	500 LV
MoE	± 4.5

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

Election 2004

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (President)

Issue¹	October 30-31, 2004
Terrorism / homeland security	22%
Economy	20%
Iraq	14%
Health care / Medicare	13%
Abortion	7%
Social Security	6%
Education	6%
Taxes	3%
Stem cell research	2%
Gay marriage	1%
No opinion	6%
Poll	Fox News
Sample	700 LV
MoE	± 3.7

1 "Which one of the following issues will be most important to your vote for president?"

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (President)

Issue	Very important	Somewhat important	Not too important	Not at all important	No opinion
The situation in Iraq	79%	19%	1%	1%	0%
The economy	79%	18%	2%	1%	0%
Policies to protect us at home against terrorism	75%	21%	4%	1%	0%
Health care / prescription drugs	70%	24%	5%	2%	0%
Education	68%	28%	4%	1%	0%
The war on terrorism overseas not including Iraq	65%	29%	5%	1%	0%
Taxes	48%	43%	7%	2%	0%
Environmental issues	43%	43%	11%	3%	0%
Abortion	36%	31%	18%	14%	2%
Immigration	33%	39%	22%	5%	1%
Stem cell research	32%	38%	20%	8%	2%
Gay marriage	22%	24%	24%	28%	2%
Poll	WPR / St. Norbert College
Date	October 4-13, 2004
Sample	401 LV
MoE	± 5.0

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (President)

Issue	September 16-19, 2004
Economy	29%
Terrorism	19%
Health care	18%
Iraq	16%
Education	5%
Other	9%
No opinion	3%
Poll	ABC News
Sample	938 RV
MoE	± 3.5

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (President)

Issue¹	June 21 – July 12, 2004	October 14-19, 2004
Economy and jobs	27%	26%
Education	6%	5%
Gay marriage	9%	5%
Health care	15%	13%
Medicare and prescription drugs	8%	6%
U.S. campaign against terrorism	13%	19%
War in Iraq	17%	17%
Other	5%	3%
No opinion	1%	7%
Poll	Humphrey Institute	Humphrey Institute
Sample	575 RV	623 LV
MoE	± 4.0	± 4.0

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

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (President)

Issue¹	June 6-8, 2004
His trustworthiness	18%
His overall political philosophy	16%
His stance on domestic issues	14%
His stance on social issues like abortion	8%
His stand on Foreign affairs	8%
His experience	3%
His personality	1%
Other	3%
All of the above	26%
No opinion	3%
Poll	Los Angeles Times
Sample	694 RV
MoE	± 4.0

1 "Which of the following would you say is the most important issue in decided which candidate you choose for president?"

Most Important Issue for Vote Choice (President)

Issue¹	December 2-9, 2003
Economy	31%
Iraq	19%
Health care	11%
Jobs	10%
Abortion	6%
Prescription drugs	5%
World trade	4%
Federal taxes	3%
Deficit	3%
Other	5%
No opinion	4%
Poll	Badger Poll
Sample	510
MoE	± 4.0

1 "Of these issues, which is the single most important one for you?"