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Toplines - Importance of Issues - April 29-May 2, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted April 29-May 2, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

Issue

Very important

Somewhat important

Not very important

Not at all important

Not sure

Economy

83%

16%

1%

0%

0%

National Security/
War on Terror

70%

24%

4%

1%

0%

War in Iraq

48%

35%

12%

2%

2%

Immigration

53%

29%

13%

2%

3%

Government Ethics/
Corruption

79%

15%

5%

0%

1%

Taxes

57%

30%

8%

0%

4%

Health care

61%

24%

10%

3%

2%

Social security

56%

31%

10%

1%

2%

Education

57%

31%

10%

1%

1%

Abortion

39%

26%

20%

11%

5%

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence