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June 7, 2006
Other priorities
As the president and Republicans in Congress spend time this week pushing a constitutional amendment on gay marriage that has absolutely no chance of becoming law, perhaps they ought to take just a moment to check out the latest Gallup Poll.
Gallup asked 1,003 Americans to say -- without any prompting from the pollsters -- what should be the "top priority for the president and Congress to deal with." Here is the complete tally of responses:
Situation in Iraq/war: 42 percent
Fuel/oil prices/lack of energy sources/the energy crisis: 29 percent
Immigration/illegal aliens: 23 percent
Economy in general: 14 percent
Poor healthcare/hospitals; high cost of healthcare: 12 percent
Terrorism: 4 percent
Education/poor education/access to education: 4 percent
Federal budget deficit/federal debt: 3 percent
Unemployment/jobs: 3 percent
Taxes: 3 percent
Social Security: 2 percent
International issues/problems: 2 percent
National security: 2 percent
Environment/pollution: 2 percent
Medicare: 2 percent
Foreign aid/focus overseas: 2 percent
Corruption/dissatisfaction with government/politicians/candidates: 2 percent
Poverty/ hunger/ homelessness: 1 percent
Ethics/moral/religious/family decline: 1 percent
Natural disaster relief/funding: 1 percent
Trade deficit/foreign trade: 1 percent
High cost of living/inflation: 1 percent
Unifying the country: Less than .5 percent
Judicial system/courts/laws: Less than .5 percent
Abortion: Less than .5 percent
Lack of money: Less than .5 percent
Gap between rich and poor: Less than .5 percent
Other: 1 percent
No opinion: 4 percent
Still looking for how many people say "Making a futile push for a constitutional amendment to stop homosexuals from getting married"? So are we.
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