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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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