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To: andy58-in-nh
"If Bush would see the light on this issue, his approval rating would go up 10% overnight."

Hardly. Immigration is not that big an issue to the general public yet.

"What do you think are the two most important issues for the government to address?"

Base: All Adults

'94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '04 '05 '05 '05 '05 '06 '06
  Feb Feb April May Jan Feb Aug Dec Dec Jun Feb Oct Feb Jun Aug Nov Jan Feb
(The) war x x x x x x x 12% 18% 8% 13% 35% 30% 24% 41% 34% 26% 27%
The economy (non-specific) 12 7 14 8 9 7 5 32 34 25 31 28 11 18 19 13 17 15
Iraq / (Saddam Hussein) * * * * * 1 - - 11 3 6 9 11 7 6 13 7 5
Healthcare (not Medicare) 45 25 16 10 11 12 15 5 10 14 16 18 14 10 11 11 11 20
Education 6 10 14 15 14 21 25 12 11 13 11 7 7 7 8 10 6 8
Taxes 6 12 11 14 16 12 13 6 5 11 5 8 5 5 5 9 7 6
Gas and oil prices x x x x x x x x x 1 * 1 1 6 10 8 2 2
Federal budget surplus/deficit 8 22 22 20 12 5 4 1 1 4 5 2 10 4 2 7 4 2
Terrorism x x x x x x x 22 17 11 4 7 4 6 7 6 4 6
Immigration * 2 2 2 1 * 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 3 6 4 5
(Programs for) the poor/ poverty 8 10 2 3 2 2 3 1 2 3 2 * 2 3 4 5 3 5


99 posted on 02/20/2006 2:47:47 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
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To: Luis Gonzalez

Could you source this poll, please?


100 posted on 02/20/2006 2:53:26 PM PST by basil (Exercise your Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
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To: Luis Gonzalez
I would love to see the source for that poll.
112 posted on 02/20/2006 3:44:37 PM PST by andy58-in-nh
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