Most Important Problem

What do you think is the most important problem facing the country today?

	Jun 2017	May 2017	Apr 2017	Mar 2017	Feb 2017	Jan 2017	Dec 2016
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS (NET)	19	21	24	26	20	30	29
Economy in general	6	6	8	8	9	11	12
Unemployment/Jobs	6	6	5	9	6	8	9
Federal budget deficit/Federal debt	1	4	3	4	2	4	4
Lack of money	1	1	*	1	--	3	1
Gap between rich and poor	1	2	3	2	1	2	2
High cost of living/Inflation	1	*	1	*	*	*	*
Corporate corruption	1	*	1	1	*	1	*
Taxes	1	1	2	1	*	1	1
Wage issues	*	1	1	1	1	2	1
Foreign trade/Trade deficit	*	--	*	1	*	*	*
Fuel/Oil prices	--	--	*	*	*	*	*
NON-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS (NET)	81	78	78	75	78	72	73
Dissatisfaction with government/Poor leadership	25	18	21	18	19	11	9
Terrorism	8	2	5	3	5	5	5
Healthcare	7	18	9	7	5	9	4
Race relations/Racism	6	6	4	6	7	10	12
Unifying the country	6	4	7	6	10	3	6
Environment/Pollution	6	2	4	3	2	2	3
Immigration/Illegal aliens	4	7	8	12	13	4	6
Ethics/moral/religious/family decline	4	4	4	3	2	4	5
International issues, problems	3	4	1	3	2	1	1
Lack of respect for each other	3	2	1	3	2	3	6
Poverty/Hunger/Homelessness	3	3	2	2	2	2	3
Education	3	2	3	5	3	4	2
National security	2	5	3	4	5	3	3
Judicial system/Courts/Laws	2	2	1	4	2	2	1
Foreign policy/Foreign aid/Focus overseas	2	*	3	1	1	2	2
Drugs	1	1	1	1	*	1	1
Crime/Violence	1	2	3	1	1	3	4
Wars/War (nonspecific)/Fear of war	1	3	2	*	1	*	*
Situation with Russia	1	*	*	--	--	*	*
The media	1	*	*	2	1	*	*
Welfare	1	1	2	1	*	1	1
Elections/Election reform	1	*	1	*	*	8	8
Gay rights issues	*	--	*	--	--	*	*
Abortion	*	1	*	--	*	*	*
Care for the elderly/Medicare	*	*	*	*	*	1	*
Social Security	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Children's behavior/Way they are raised	*	*	*	*	*	1	1
Lack of military defense	*	1	*	*	*	*	1
Guns/Gun control	*	*	1	*	*	1	1
Situation with North Korea	*	1	1	*	--	--	--
Energy/Lack of energy sources	*	*	--	*	*	*	*
War/conflict between Middle East nations	*	*	1	*	*	*	*
Situation in Iraq/ISIS	--	*	--	*	*	2	1
Situation in Syria	--	*	1	--	--	--	--
Overpopulation	--	*	*	--	--	*	*
Natural disaster response/Relief efforts	--	--	--	*	--	--	--
Other non-economic	5		3	5	5	6	4
No opinion	3	5	6	3	4	3	5
Total	121%	123%	128%	124%	117%	126%	129%
* Less than 0.5%; Percentages total more than 100% due to multiple mentions.
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Which political party do you think can do a better job of handling the problem you think is most important -- the Republican Party or the Democratic Party?

Based on those who name a most important problem

	Republican Party	Democratic Party	Same/Other/No opinion
	%	%	%
2016 Sep 7-11	42	38	20
2015 Sep 9-13	42	37	23
2014 Sep 4-7	40	36	25
2014 Jul 7-10	35	35	29
2013 Sep 5-8	34	39	27
2012 Sep 6-9	39	49	13
2011 Sep 8-11	44	37	19
2010 Sep 13-16	40	38	22
2009 Aug 31-Sep 2	34	45	20
2008 Sep 8-11	39	46	14
2007 Sep 14-16	30	47	22
2006 Sep 7-10	34	49	16
2005 Sep 12-15	39	40	21
2005 Jan 3-5	41	41	18
2004 Sep 13-15	46	43	11
2004 Jan 12-15	39	46	15
2002 Jul 26-28	38	36	26
2001 Jan 10-14	39	39	22
1999 Jan 15-17	33	43	24
1998 Apr 17-19	40	42	18
1997 Jan 10-13	33	43	24
1996 Jul 25-28	37	41	22
1996 May 9-12	40	44	16
1995 Jan 16-18	42	32	26
1994 Oct 22-25	41	37	22
1994 Aug 15-16	38	37	25
1994 Aug 8-9	39	37	24
1994 Jul 15-17	39	32	29
1994 Jan	31	39	30
1993 Sep 10-12	31	37	32
1993 Jan 8-11	29	45	26
1992 Mar 26-29	34	40	26
1991 Jul 11-14	36	28	36
1991 Mar 7-10	40	27	33
1990 Oct	30	29	41
1988 Sep	38	33	29
1988 May 9-11	27	40	33
1987 Apr 10-13	29	37	34
1986 Jan 10-13	33	28	39
1985 Jan 25-28	39	29	32
1984 Aug 10-13	39	37	24
1984 Feb 10-13	30	32	38
1983 Nov 18-21	28	35	37
1982 Aug 13-16	26	35	39
1981 Jan 8-11	39	20	41
1980 Mar 28-31	28	32	40
1979 Oct 12-15	25	33	42
1976 Apr 23-26	18	39	43
1975 Oct 17-20	15	42	43
1972 Aug	28	34	38
1968 May	30	28	42
1964 Apr 24-29	16	40	44
1960 Feb 4-9	24	32	44
1956 Sep 20-25	55	45	--
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