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| COVER STORY
How the Top Issues Have Changed 1987
When the cold war raged and the market crashed, voters worried about
international affairs, unemployment, and budget deficits, not education and
health care.
PERCENT NAMING
ISSUE THIS ISSUE NO. 1
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 22%
UNEMPLOYMENT/JOBS 13
BUDGET DEFICIT 12
ECONOMY 7
EDUCATION 0
HEALTH CARE 0
TAXES 0
1994
Newt Gingrich's GOP came to power, Hillary Clinton's health proposal failed,
crime topped the list, followed by health care, unemployment, moral values.
PERCENT NAMING
ISSUE THIS ISSUE NO. 1
CRIME 31%
HEALTH CARE 14
UNEMPLOYMENT/JOBS 12
MORALITY/FAMILY VALUES 10
EDUCATION 5
BUDGET DEFICIT 5
TAXES 3
TODAY
Education, health care, and the economy top voters' lists of concerns. Worries
over crime, unemployment, moral values, and the deficit have dropped way off.
PERCENT NAMING
ISSUE THIS ISSUE NO. 1
EDUCATION 12%
HEALTH CARE 11
ECONOMY 11
TAXES 7
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES 6
CRIME 5
MORALITY/FAMILY VALUES 3
DATA: PEW RESEARCH CENTER
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