Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Partisan differences in priorities on public matters

The Pew Research Center reports on the public's priorities, and includes a table contrasting what Democratic and Republican identifiers see as most important. It reinforces the key differences in the ideological viewpoints of each party's identifiers. Democrats are concerned with the environment, the poor and education. Republicans with the military, the deficit and moral breakdown:

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Here are the overall numbers. The economy and terrorism dominate.

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