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pampango

(24,692 posts)
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 12:11 PM Aug 2016

Pew: repubs worry most about immigration and terrorism. Dems - inequality and the environment.



On the list of seven issues, immigration and terrorism stand out as especially serious problems among Trump supporters; nearly two-thirds cite each as very big problems in the country (66% immigration, 65% terrorism).

Clinton supporters express far less concern about both issues. Just 17% describe immigration as a very big national problem; 40% say it is a moderately big problem, while 42% say it is either a small problem or not a problem at all. In addition, only about a third of Clinton supporters (36%) say terrorism is a very big problem in the country.

Trump supporters also are more likely than Clinton backers to say that crime (52% vs. 42%) and the availability of good-paying jobs (48% vs. 33%) are very big problems.

Far more Clinton supporters (70%) than Trump supporters (31%) view the gap between rich and poor as a major problem in the country. And while 43% of Clinton supporters rate the condition of the environment as a very big problem, just 16% of Trump supporters say this. While 43% of Trump backers say the condition of the environment is a moderately big problem, 38% say it is a small problem or not a problem.

http://www.people-press.org/2016/08/18/4-how-voters-view-the-countrys-problems/

Trump supports see immigration as our greatest problem followed closely by terrorism. Clinton supporters see inequality and the environment as the biggest issues. None of that surprises anyone here but it is good to see it confirmed by the Pew study.
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Pew: repubs worry most about immigration and terrorism. Dems - inequality and the environment. (Original Post) pampango Aug 2016 OP
What we all accepted as fact - Republicans are scared of everything and everybody except themselves tonyt53 Aug 2016 #1
Rethug Campaigns have been and Wellstone ruled Aug 2016 #2
 

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)
1. What we all accepted as fact - Republicans are scared of everything and everybody except themselves
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 12:22 PM
Aug 2016

Odd thing about that gap in supporters about the gap between the rich and poor, the majority of poor white people vote reliably Republican.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
2. Rethug Campaigns have been and
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 12:25 PM
Aug 2016

continue to be run on the Fear and Loathing game plan. Lee Attwater,Roger Ailies,and Karl Rove have proven track records on what sells and what smells.

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