The latest Rasmussen Reports tracking poll of electoral issues confirms that Democrats tend to place the most emphasis on domestic issues, Republicans on national security and immigration.

Voters as a whole continue to trust Democrats more on the issues most important to them, but by shrinking margins (see summary tables). Overall, Democrats are now trusted more than Republicans on seven of the ten issues tracked by Rasmussen Reports. A month ago, the Democrats had the edge on nine of the ten issues.

More than 80% of partisan voters can say a particular issue is Very Important in influencing their vote. For Democrats, it's Health Care (82%). For Republicans, it's National Security and the War on Terror (83%).

Not as many unaffiliated voters regard any one issue as Very Important, but more (70%) point to Government Ethics and Corruption than to any other. Sixty-eight percent (68%) of unaffiliated voters say the Economy is Very Important, 63% say Health Care. Social Security (61%) and Education (62%) are runners-up.

The top issues for the greatest number of Democrats include Education (77%), the Economy (78%) and Health Care (82%).

The Economy is a leading issue for each of the three groups. Both unaffiliated voters and Republicans tend to put Government Corruption at the top of their lists. Health Care is a dominant issue for both Democrats and, to a lesser extent, unaffiliated voters.

Health Care is also a top concern to 64% of Republicans. That's about the same percentage of unaffiliated voters who see it that way. But the Economy (70%), Immigration (70%), Government Ethics and Corruption (76%), and especially National Security and the War on Terror (83%) top the list of even more GOP voters. Not even Taxes are so widely urgent a concern to Republicans.

Among all likely voters—as opposed to the partisan subsets--the Economy (73%), Government Ethics and Corruption (73%), and Health Care (64%) are of greatest importance.

More voters trust Democrats (46%) than Republicans (41%) to shape economic policy. On Health Care, Democrats have an eight-point advantage, with 46% trusting the Democrats more, 38% trusting the Republicans more. Democrats also have an edge on Corruption, 41% to 29%. But as usual, a large slice of the electorate (30% in the current poll) are Not Sure that either party is more trustworthy when it comes to ethical conduct of government affairs.

The GOP's one clear advantage is on the issue of Taxes, where 47% trust Republicans more, 38% trust Democrats more. That's an improvement for the GOP; in October Democrats had the edge 45% to 40%. But right now Taxes are a top issue for only 56% of all voters. And on perhaps the most closely allied issue, the Economy, Democrats enjoy a modest edge, as they do on most of the ten issues we asked about.

On the other hand, Democrats have lost the double-digit margins they were racking up on signature issues like Health Care. In September, for example, Democrats had a 16-point advantage on Health Care. In October it was 21 points. Now it's eight.

Historical data for Issues I and Issues II available for Premium Members only.