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Most Important Problem > Economy Mentions MIP Net Mentions Graph % Mentioning Jan 1 2001 22 Mar 5 2001 29 Apr 6 2001 33 May 10 2001 31 Jun 11 2001 26 Jul 19 2001 31 Aug 16 2001 34 Sep 7 2001 39 Oct 11 2001 20 Nov 8 2001 24 Dec 6 2001 30 Jan 7 2002 33 Feb 4 2002 40 Mar 4 2002 29 Apr 8 2002 30 May 6 2002 25 Jun 3 2002 24 Jul 9 2002 35 Jul 26 2002 40 Aug 5 2002 36 Sep 5 2002 35 Oct 14 2002 37 Nov 11 2002 37 Dec 5 2002 38 Jan 13 2003 41 Feb 3 2003 46 Mar 3 2003 38 Apr 7 2003 48 May 5 2003 52 Jun 12 2003 47 Jul 7 2003 44 Aug 4 2003 48 Sep 8 2003 45 Oct 6 2003 46 Nov 3 2003 37 Dec 11 2003 32 Jan 12 2004 37 Feb 9 2004 46 Mar 8 2004 47 Apr 5 2004 43 May 2 2004 42 Jun 3 2004 41 Jul 8 2004 33 Aug 9 2004 41 Sep 13 2004 37 Oct 11 2004 40 Nov 7 2004 38 Dec 5 2004 29 Jan 3 2005 31 Feb 7 2005 29 Mar 7 2005 28 Apr 4 2005 34 May 2 2005 33 Jun 6 2005 30 Jul 7 2005 27 Aug 8 2005 32 Sep 12 2005 32 Oct 13 2005 36 Nov 7 2005 28 Dec 5 2005 26 Jan 9 2006 29 Feb 6 2006 29 Mar 13 2006 31 Apr 10 2006 32 May 8 2006 40 Jun 1 2006 31 Jul 6 2006 27 Aug 7 2006 35 Sep 7 2006 26 Oct 9 2006 19 Nov 9 2006 24 Dec 11 2006 16 Jan 15 2007 17 Feb 1 2007 22 Mar 11 2007 20 Apr 2 2007 23 May 10 2007 23 Jun 11 2007 24 Jul 12 2007 16 Aug 13 2007 24 Sep 14 2007 25 Oct 4 2007 22 Nov 11 2007 31 Dec 6 2007 31 Jan 4 2008 38 Feb 11 2008 49 Mar 6 2008 55 Apr 6 2008 61 May 8 2008 61 Jun 9 2008 65 Jul 10 2008 61 Aug 7 2008 59 Sep 8 2008 60 Oct 3 2008 69 Nov 13 2008 77 Dec 4 2008 77 Jan 9 2009 79 Feb 9 2009 86 Mar 5 2009 80 Apr 6 2009 76 May 7 2009 69 Jun 14 2009 65 Jul 10 2009 69 Aug 6 2009 60 Aug 31 2009 57 Oct 1 2009 51 Nov 5 2009 58 Dec 11 2009 55 Jan 8 2010 57 Feb 1 2010 72 Mar 4 2010 66 Apr 8 2010 63 May 3 2010 59 Jun 11 2010 57 Jul 8 2010 64 Aug 5 2010 65 Sep 13 2010 69 Oct 7 2010 69 Nov 4 2010 69 Dec 10 2010 66 Jan 7 2011 68 Feb 2 2011 70 Mar 3 2011 72 Apr 7 2011 66 May 5 2011 74 Jun 9 2011 72 Jul 7 2011 74 Aug 11 2011 76 Sep 8 2011 76 Oct 6 2011 73 Nov 3 2011 76 Dec 15 2011 64 Jan 5 2012 66 Feb 2 2012 71 Mar 8 2012 70 Apr 9 2012 72 May 3 2012 66 Jun 7 2012 68 Jul 9 2012 65 Aug 1 2012 65 Sep 6 2012 72 Oct 15 2012 72 Nov 15 2012 64 Dec 14 2012 59 Jan 7 2013 63 Feb 7 2013 60 Mar 7 2013 57 Apr 4 2013 56 May 2 2013 52 Jun 1 2013 53 Jul 10 2013 52 Aug 7 2013 53 Sep 5 2013 48 Oct 3 2013 47 Nov 7 2013 46 Dec 5 2013 47 Jan 5 2014 50 Feb 6 2014 53 Mar 6 2014 51 Apr 3 2014 47 May 8 2014 50 Jun 5 2014 44 Jul 7 2014 41 Aug 7 2014 38 Sep 4 2014 41 Oct 12 2014 38 Nov 6 2014 41 Dec 8 2014 31 Jan 5 2015 34 Feb 8 2015 38 Mar 5 2015 33 Apr 9 2015 34 May 6 2015 33 Jun 2 2015 33 Jul 8 2015 32 Aug 5 2015 37 Sep 9 2015 35 Oct 7 2015 33 Nov 4 2015 39 Dec 2 2015 21 Jan 6 2016 27 Feb 3 2016 39 Mar 2 2016 39 Apr 6 2016 40 May 4 2016 38 Jun 1 2016 38 Jul 13 2016 27 Aug 3 2016 35 Sep 7 2016 33 Oct 5 2016 31 Nov 9 2016 31 Dec 7 2016 29 Jan 4 2017 30 Feb 1 2017 20 Mar 1 2017 26 Apr 5 2017 24 May 3 2017 21 Jun 7 2017 19 Jul 5 2017 21 Aug 2 2017 20 Sep 6 2017 17 Oct 5 2017 17 Nov 2 2017 15 Dec 4 2017 17 Jan 2 2018 20 Feb 1 2018 20 Mar 1 2018 14 Apr 2 2018 20 May 1 2018 20 Jun 1 2018 15 Jul 1 2018 14 Aug 1 2018 17 Sep 4 2018 12 Oct 1 2018 13 Nov 1 2018 13 Dec 2 2018 14 Jan 2 2019 14 Feb 1 2019 12 Mar 1 2019 15 Apr 1 2019 13 May 1 2019 14 Jun 1 2019 13 Jul 1 2019 14 Aug 1 2019 11 Sep 3 2019 15 Oct 1 2019 11 Nov 1 2019 13 Dec 2 2019 11 Jan 2 2020 10 Feb 3 2020 11 Mar 2 2020 13 Apr 1 2020 13 May 1 2020 16 May 28 2020 19 Jul 1 2020 9 Aug 1 2020 12 Sep 1 2020 9 Oct 1 2020 14 Nov 5 2020 10 Dec 1 2020 10 Jan 4 2021 9 Feb 3 2021 16 Mar 1 2021 19 Apr 1 2021 14 May 3 2021 21 Jun 1 2021 23 Jul 6 2021 20 Aug 2 2021 18 Sep 1 2021 16 Oct 1 2021 24 Nov 1 2021 26 Dec 1 2021 29 Jan 3 2022 22 Feb 1 2022 30 Mar 1 2022 35 Apr 1 2022 39 May 2 2022 37 Jun 1 2022 40 Jul 1 2022 35 Aug 1 2022 37 Sep 1 2022 38 Oct 1 2022 46 Nov 9 2022 40 Jan 2 2023 34 Feb 1 2023 35 Mar 1 2023 33 Apr 1 2023 29 May 1 2023 32 Jun 1 2023 32 Jul 3 2023 29 Aug 1 2023 31 Sep 1 2023 34 Oct 2 2023 38 Nov 1 2023 33 Dec 1 2023 32 Jan 1 2024 34 Feb 1 2024 30 Mar 1 2024 30 Apr 1 2024 36 May 1 2024 36 Jun 3 2024 36 Jul 1 2024 33 Aug 1 2024 41 Sep 3 2024 44 Oct 1 2024 43 Nov 6 2024 33 Dec 2 2024 34 Jan 2 2025 33 Feb 3 2025 34 Mar 3 2025 38 Apr 1 2025 39 May 1 2025 35 Jun 2 2025 33 Jul 7 2025 27 Aug 1 2025 34 Sep 1 2025 24 Oct 1 2025 24 Nov 3 2025 30 Dec 1 2025 35 Jan 2 2026 28 Feb 2 2026 25 Mar 2 2026 32 Apr 2 2026 32 May 1 2026 37
Most Important Problem > Most Important Problem Table 26-May 26-Apr 26-Mar 26-Feb 26-Jan 26-Dec 26-Nov % % % % % % % <b>ECONOMIC PROBLEMS (NET) 37 32 32 25 28 35 30 High cost of living/Inflation 15 11 10 8 11 11 9 Economy in general 13 13 15 11 9 17 12 Fuel/Oil prices 4 3 2 * * * * Lack of money 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 Federal budget deficit/Federal debt 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 Gap between rich and poor 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 Unemployment/Jobs 1 2 3 2 2 3 2 Wage issues 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 Taxes 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Corporate corruption 1 * 1 * -- 1 * Foreign Trade/Trade deficit -- * * 1 1 1 1 <b>NON-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS (NET) 69 74 74 78 75 75 75 The government/Poor leadership 26 28 28 29 32 26 27 Immigration 8 11 14 20 10 19 13 Poverty/Hunger/Homelessness 6 3 5 2 3 4 5 War in the Middle East 5 8 5 * 1 * 1 Unifying the country 5 4 5 7 7 7 9 Ethics/moral/religious/family decline 5 3 4 3 4 4 4 Wars/War (nonspecific)/Fear of war 4 5 3 1 3 1 1 Race relations/Racism 4 2 3 4 3 3 4 Judicial system/Courts/Laws 3 3 2 6 3 3 4 Elections/Election reform/Democracy 2 2 2 5 3 3 3 Education 2 2 2 2 * 1 2 Healthcare 2 3 3 4 5 4 5 Lack of respect for each other 2 3 3 2 4 2 3 Crime/Violence 2 2 2 4 4 5 3 Environment/Pollution/Climate change 1 1 * 1 * 1 1 National security 1 2 2 1 1 -- 1 International issues, problems 1 1 1 1 2 1 * Care for the elderly/Medicare 1 -- -- * * * 1 Abortion 1 * 1 1 * 1 1 Drugs 1 * * * 1 1 1 The media * 1 1 1 2 1 1 Advancement of computers/technology * 1 * * * 1 * Foreign policy/Foreign aid/Focus overseas * 1 1 1 2 2 1 Guns/Gun control * * * * * * * Energy/Lack of energy sources * * * * * * -- School shootings * -- -- -- * -- * Welfare * 1 * 1 1 1 1 Lack of military defense * * -- * * * * Social Security * -- -- -- * * * Situation with China * * * * * 1 * Cancer/diseases/viruses * -- -- * * 1 * Terrorism * * * * * * * Situation with Russia * * -- -- * * * Children’s needs -- 1 -- * * 1 1 LGBTQ rights -- * 1 -- * -- * Infrastructure -- -- -- * * -- * Police brutality -- -- -- * 2 3 1 Other non-economic 4 5 3 9 6 4 4 No opinion 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 Total 133% 134% 133% 135% 140% 143% 137%
Most Important Problem > Most Important Problem Party Better Able Table Republican Party Democratic Party No difference/Other/No opinion (vol.) % % % 2025 Sep 2-16 38 40 21 2024 Sep 3-15 46 41 12 2023 Sep 1-23 44 36 20 2022 Sep 1-16 48 37 15 2021 Sep 1-17 41 38 20 2020 Aug 31-Sep 13 39 47 14 2019 Sep 3-15 40 44 16 2018 Sep 4-12 40 41 19 2017 Sep 6-10 34 41 25 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 47 44 9 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 28-30 30 41 29 1994 Jan 15-17 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 Nov 21-24 33 34 33 1991 Sep 5-8 37 34 29 1991 Jul 11-14 36 28 36 1991 May 23-26 38 30 32 1991 Apr 25-28 34 29 37 1991 Mar 7-10 40 27 33 1990 Oct 30 29 41 1989 Jul 18-21 33 27 40 1988 Sep 9-11 38 33 29 1988 May 9-11 27 40 33 1987 Apr 10-13 29 37 34 1987 Jan 16-19 30 39 32 1986 Jul 11-14 33 36 31 1986 Jan 10-13 33 28 39 1985 Oct 11-14 32 32 36 1985 May 17-20 37 31 32 1985 Jan 25-28 39 29 32 1984 Sep 21-24 42 33 26 1984 Sep 7-10 43 34 23 1984 Aug 10-13 39 37 24 1984 Jun 22-25 33 35 32 1984 Feb 10-13 30 32 38 1983 Nov 18-21 28 35 37 1983 Oct 7-10 26 37 37 1983 Jul 22-25 24 38 38 1982 Oct 15-18 29 41 30 1982 Aug 13-16 26 35 39 1982 Jun 11-14 28 35 37 1982 Apr 2-5 25 35 40 1982 Jan 8-11 30 34 36 1981 May 8-11 36 21 43 1981 Jan 30-Feb 2 39 20 41 1980 Oct 10-13 33 33 35 1980 Sep 12-15 35 32 33 1980 Jul 11-14 31 27 43 1980 Mar 28-31 28 32 40 1980 Jan 25-28 21 34 45 1979 Oct 12-15 25 33 42 1979 Aug 10-13 20 30 50 1979 May 4-7 21 31 48 1979 Feb 23-26 23 29 48 1978 Oct 27-30 25 33 42 1978 Sep 8-11 20 35 46 1978 Jul 7-10 19 33 48 1978 Apr 14-17 22 32 46 1977 Oct 21-24 14 38 48 1976 Oct 22-25 23 43 34 1976 Oct 8-11 24 42 33 1976 Apr 23-26 18 39 43 1976 Jan 2-5 18 40 43 1975 Oct 17-20 15 42 43 1975 Feb 28-Mar 3 14 42 44 1974 Oct 11-14 18 39 43 1974 Sep 27-30 13 39 48 1974 Aug 16-19 20 38 42 1974 May 31-Jun 3 16 38 46 1974 Jan 4-7 16 40 44 1973 May 4-7 22 35 43 1972 Oct 13-16 38 29 33 1972 Sep 22-25 34 31 35 1972 Jul 14-17 28 34 39 1972 Aug 28 34 38 1972 Apr 28-May 1 22 33 45 1972 Feb 4-7 23 30 47 1971 Nov 19-22 22 33 45 1971 Aug 27-30 18 36 47 1971 Jun 4-7 19 31 50 1970 Oct 9-14 23 26 50 1970 Sep 25-28 21 30 49 1970 Jul 31-Aug 2 19 30 51 1970 May 21-26 21 27 52 1970 Jan 15-20 26 25 48 1968 Oct 17-22 35 29 35 1968 Sep 26-Oct 1 43 27 29 1968 Sep 1-6 35 23 42 1968 Aug 7-12 37 25 39 1968 Jul 18-23 31 27 42 1968 Jan 4-9 26 33 41 1967 Oct 27-Nov 1 26 30 43 1967 Aug 3-8 23 29 48 1967 Jan 26-31 23 29 48 1966 Oct 21-26 27 26 47 1966 Oct 1-6 22 28 50 1966 Aug 18-23 21 28 51 1966 May 5-10 22 28 50 1966 Mar 3-8 13 21 67 1965 Nov 18-23 17 30 52 1965 Oct 29-Nov 2 17 38 44 1965 Sep 16-21 17 34 50 1965 Aug 5-10 13 37 49 1965 Jul 16-21 16 36 49 1965 May 13-18 16 37 48 1965 Mar 18-23 16 38 45 1965 Feb 19-24 17 39 44 1964 Oct 8-13 22 49 39 1964 Sep 18-23 23 49 29 1964 Aug 27-Sep 1 19 52 29 1964 Aug 6-11 21 45 34 1964 Jul 23-28 25 37 36 1964 Jun 25-30 19 41 40 1964 Apr 24-29 16 40 44 1964 Mar 27-Apr 2 16 42 42 1963 Sep 12-17 20 29 52 1962 Oct 19-24 20 35 45 1962 Sep 20-25 20 38 42 1962 Aug 23-28 17 34 48 1962 Jun 28-Jul 3 18 36 46 1962 Apr 6-11 16 39 45 1961 May 4-9 15 37 48 1960 Oct 18-23 34 40 26 1960 Sep 28-Oct 2 35 38 27 1960 Sep 9-14 32 35 33 1960 Aug 25-30 31 33 36 1960 Aug 11-16 31 33 35 1960 Jul 30-Aug 4 36 36 28 1960 Jul 16-21 20 40 40 1960 Jun 30-Jul 5 23 32 44 1960 Jun 16-21 23 35 42 1960 May 26-31 24 35 41 1960 Apr 28-May 3 25 33 42 1960 Feb 4-9 24 32 44 1959 Sep 18-23 26 31 43 1959 Jul 23-28 24 36 40 1959 Feb 4-9 26 34 39 1958 Oct 15-20 26 33 41 1958 Sep 24-29 23 30 46 1958 Sep 10-15 22 37 41 1958 Aug 20-25 22 37 41 1958 Jul 10-15 19 39 42 1958 Mar 6-11 22 38 39 1957 Oct 10-15 28 30 42 1957 May 17-22 30 29 42 1956 Oct 18-23 40 30 30 1956 Oct 7-12 41 31 29 1956 Sep 20-25 38 29 33 1956 Sep 9-14 33 29 37 1956 May 31-Jun 5 38 37 25 1956 Mar 8-13 37 35 28 1955 Jun 3-8 29 32 38 1952 Jun 15-20 40 28 32 1952 Mar 27-Apr 1 39 28 33 1952 Jan 6-11 42 25 30 1950 Aug 20-25 28 40 32 1950 Jun 4-9 35 36 28 1948 Jun 19-24 37 30 33 1948 Mar 19-24 32 28 40 1947 Sep 12-17 25 31 44 1946 Oct 18-23 45 28 27 1946 Sep 13-18 38 29 33 1945 Aug 24-29 22 49 29
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