No matter how we ask the question, voters continue to put economic issues such as jobs and economic growth highest on their list of concerns.

Every night, Rasmussen Reports asks likely voters to choose from a list of five broad issues which is most important to them in terms of how they vote. Results are released weekly to Premium Members.

The economy dominated Election 2008 and has been named as the top concern by 37% to 52% of voters every week over the past year. No other issue has risen above 20% among voters. On Election Day, National Security was second, but it has slipped behind fiscal policy concerns and domestic issues in recent weeks.

These figures highlight a huge change over the past five years. On Election Day 2004, 41% of voters named national security as the top issue and just 26% named the economy.

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However, the number of voters who see economic issues as most important has slipped somewhat since President Barack Obama was inaugurated in January. For nearly all of February, 50% or more of voters saw the economy as the top issue. By June, that percentage slipped down to the low 40’s and was down to 37% in late August. It bounced back to 44% for the week ending September 13.

National security issues such as the War in Iraq and the War on Terror came in a distant second for most of last year. However, that issue also declined slightly in importance since Obama took office. One week before the inauguration, 20% of voters said they were most interested in national security issues in terms of voting. That number slipped to as low as 11% in mid-August and is now at 13%. It remains to be seen whether that will change after the president’s decision today to shelve U.S. missile shields against Iran.

On the other hand, domestic issues, which include health care and social security, have risen in importance since January. At the time the President was inaugurated, 11% ranked these issues as most important. In February, voter interest in those areas declined slightly to single digits before rising to a peak of 19% in mid-August. Domestic issues are viewed as the top issue by 16%, second only to the economy.

Fiscal issues, however, are close behind. Those issues, which include items such as taxes and government spending, have been seen as most important among 15 to 18% of voters nationwide since the summer began. The week Obama took office in January, 11% of voters saw fiscal issues as most important.

The plurality of Democrats, Republicans and voters not affiliated with either party see economic issues as most important. But while Democrats and unaffiliateds place domestic issues in second, GOP voters put fiscal issues in that place, with national security close behind.

Voter concerns on cultural issues, such as abortion and same-sex marriage, have remained the most unchanged over the past year. The range of voters who see these issues as most important has ranged from 4% to 9% since last year’s election.

A separate survey series asks voters to rate the importance of ten individual issues one-by-one. In that survey, the economy is also seen as most important. Government ethics and corruption is number two.

Tracking of the president’s stated priorities shows that voters see deficit reduction as number one and health care reform number two.

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