Obama Campaign Priorities Don’t Rank as Highest

A new Gallup survey finds that creating good jobs, reducing corruption in the federal government, and reducing the federal budget deficit score highest among 12 issues as priorities for the next president. In contrast, Americans “assign much less importance to increasing taxes on wealthy Americans and dealing with environmental concerns.”

Byron York: “The point is not that any of the goals listed by Gallup is
insignificant.  The point is that Americans prioritize what they want
their political leaders to do, and right now, the things that are on top
of the voters’ list — creating jobs, reducing corruption, and cutting
the deficit — are issues that Mitt Romney and Republicans in Congress
have been stressing every day.  And the goals the president has been
stressing are simply not at the top of voters’ concerns.”