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Public’s Top Priority for 2022: Strengthening the Nation’s Economy
Compared with last year, fewer Americans view the economy, jobs and coronavirus as top policy priorities
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- Public’s Top Priority for 2022: Strengthening the Nation’s Economy
- Strengthening the economy is public’s top concern, followed by cutting health costs, addressing COVID-19
- Compared with last year, fewer Americans view the economy, jobs and coronavirus as top policy priorities
- Fewer members of both parties now say addressing issues around race and poverty should be top policy priorities
- Majorities of White, Black and Hispanic adults say strengthening the economy should be a top priority
- Black Democrats more likely than White and Hispanic Democrats to view several issues as top priorities, including race, criminal justice and crime
- Younger adults in both parties less likely than older adults to say dealing with COVID-19 should be a top priority
- American Trends Panel recruitment surveys
- Weighting dimensions
- The unweighted sample sizes and the error attributable to sampling
- Final dispositions
- Cumulative response rate
- Wide partisan gaps on many issues, but majorities in both parties prioritize a stronger economy
- Younger adults much less likely than older adults to prioritize dealing with terrorism, strengthening the military
- Modest gender gaps on most policy priorities, but larger shares of women prioritize dealing with COVID-19, poverty, health care issues
- Wide educational gaps on prioritizing stronger military, Social Security, reducing crime and anti-terrorism