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Election Issues

You should not believe everything you read or hear, but it can be useful to pay attention to what issues a candidate addresses, and what they avoid.

According to Polling Report, the most important issues for Americans in June 2006 are as follows:

Iraq

Gas Prices

Immigration

The U.S. Economy

Terrorism

Other topics were mentioned but lacked significant support. For reference to the stamina of the topics, in May the top topics in order were these:

Iraq
The U.S. Economy
Immigration
Gas Prices
Health Care
Terrorism

And in March/April:

Health Care
Iraq
Energy and Gas Prices
Terrorism
Immigration

This sets out the clear field of interest for voters. The rest is simple; who is talking in detail about these issues, who is ignoring them, how are they packaging the discussion, and why?

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Comments (2)

DJ,Interesting timel... (Below threshold)
Macker:

DJ,
Interesting timeline of issues.

How the media packages the discussion will influence maybe 40% of the voters.

Who is going to tell the ta... (Below threshold)
Figaro:

Who is going to tell the tale of gas prices, I wonder. Both parties want to paint it as if prices will fall under them, but with the GOP beholden to big oil and the Democrats pushing higher prices to wean the public off oil, honesty will be moot.

I am hoping one of these parties will be clear about what they want and how they want to get it, whether it be paying for war or imports to keep our current lifestyle or paying big bucks to transition to alternate fuels. Both parties will try to advetise cheaper fuel while working, in some respects, against that. The marketing should be intriguing.




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