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title: "Domestic Policy On Top"
description: "Six-in-ten voters say the next president should focus on domestic policy."
date: "2008-06-29"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2008/06/29/domestic-policy-on-top/"
---

# Domestic Policy On Top

Fully 61% of voters say it is more important for the next president to focus on domestic policy, while just 22% cite foreign policy, a view broadly shared by voters across the political spectrum. Solid majorities of both Barack Obama supporters (66%) and John McCain supporters (57%) say it is more important for the next president to focus on domestic issues.[Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/report/?pageid=1317)