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Poll: What issue is the most important facing the USA today and why should it be addressed? (Healthcare, Job Market, Climate Change, etc.)
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A few of those are tough to ignore, but the world is burning and we're getting dangerously close to the 11th hour to do anything about it. So I vote for Climate Change.
Wealth gap - closely intertwined with education.
Bring more equality into the average mindset, and the other issues will follow.
Bring more equality into the average mindset, and the other issues will follow.
It's infrastructure.
Climate change is the most important issue facing us in the very near future, but for today, it's infrastructure. And every day, it's getting worse and more difficult to fix.
Climate change is the most important issue facing us in the very near future, but for today, it's infrastructure. And every day, it's getting worse and more difficult to fix.
Humans are adaptable enough for that to not happen. It will kill a lot though.
I chose other.
Focusing on the U.S., income and wealth equality will go a long way in many of our domestic maladies. Education would be a close second for the U.S.
If we're thinking more globally the most important issue without a doubt is climate change.
Focusing on the U.S., income and wealth equality will go a long way in many of our domestic maladies. Education would be a close second for the U.S.
If we're thinking more globally the most important issue without a doubt is climate change.
thats like putting a band-aid on a bullet wound though.
i mean, the republican party is going to do their best to prevent progress on that entire list of issues really.
I guess my answer is Other: Republicans. lol.
A complete change of the economy which significantly lessens the negative impact on the environment, makes healthcare both affordable and the healthcare sector from bottom to top attractive to work in, doesn't discriminate people based on their gender/color/sexual orientation etc both as customer and workers and gives immigrants a good chance to participate?
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The rise of social media and the deepening divide in partisan politics.
The combination of those two factors are holding back progress on every other choice in that poll.
The combination of those two factors are holding back progress on every other choice in that poll.
You won't get anywhere on anything until you do something about the religious right and the amount of influence they have on politics.
This reminds me of the campaign e-mails I'd get from Democrats being asked to pick which issue was "most important to me." I don't like the question even as a curiosity. I think it's counterproductive to rank life or death issues against each other.
It's like ranking air, food, water, shelter, etc. At most you're deducing how long you can go without fixing a certain problem but when you don't have any you're dead either way. The only option is to fight for everything.
It's like ranking air, food, water, shelter, etc. At most you're deducing how long you can go without fixing a certain problem but when you don't have any you're dead either way. The only option is to fight for everything.
Yeah, it probably says something about how bad things are that every single one of those poll options feel pressing...
It's not a Democrat thing. Every major polling group asks some form of this question and makes respondents pick just one or rank them. It's not supposed to be easy, and it's absolutely insightful.
Hard to really rank them, but off the top of the dome...
- Climate/Energy/Environment (incl. many direct, hard to ignore human health issues - lead, microplastics, particulates, drought, etc.)
- Election Security/Integrity/Campaign Finance Reform (kill Citizens United and dark money, gerrymandering)
- Health Care/Insurance
- Civil/Human Rights
- Employment (Automation/Social Safety Net/Discrimination, and the ongoing transition away from a manufacturing-focused economy)
- Internet Security/Privacy/Net Neutrality
- The Mitch McConnell strangehold on every branch of government.
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I know it's not party specific. I wasn't meaning to suggest it was.
I can't say how useful it is or isn't to pollsters. But I know I strongly dislike being asked this question this way. As somebody who is immediately affected by more than one of these issues, choosing only one doesn't feel honest at all. To say any one of these issue is more important to me than the others would be a lie. It makes me just not complete the survey. Why contribute to data that misrepresents my needs?
I say other. I feel lobbying and corporate interests dominating our politics and civil leadership undermine all efforts to fix, or at least address, any other topics. They do this by way of Political Action Committees, Think Tanks, and other ways and they are fucking dangerous.
Climate change, wealth inequality and deeply partisan politics creating a divide in this country.
I had an impossible Whopper today. Mind blown honestly. Texture and taste was great on mine. Bit strange too, haha.
Climate change.
It would be money in politics/wealth distribution/income equality/what are we gonna do about the changing nature of employment and all that... But climate change is climate change.
The good news is, the number one issue is a good reason and mechanism through which we can improve all the other ones.
It would be money in politics/wealth distribution/income equality/what are we gonna do about the changing nature of employment and all that... But climate change is climate change.
The good news is, the number one issue is a good reason and mechanism through which we can improve all the other ones.
As someone outside the US I'd hope climate change is critical to Americans (because it affects everyone and doesn't see borders) but sadly many are brainwashed into thinking it's bullshit.
Thankfully ERA is (mostly) clued up and aware of the crisis.
Thankfully ERA is (mostly) clued up and aware of the crisis.
Civil Rights and racism by a country mile. It's a problem in and of itself, but it's also weaponized to make other US issues worse.
Advances in gun reform, access to healthcare, immigration, education, the welfare state etc... are all held up due to racism.
Advances in gun reform, access to healthcare, immigration, education, the welfare state etc... are all held up due to racism.
It doesnt work like that. They are all important and they are all interconnected.
Relativity of "importance" depends on the person. Someone may be alot more likely to be killed by lack of healthcare or racist violence long before climate change comes to become a direct threat to their life
That doesnt mean climate change isnt important either.
Thread had good intentions but wrong framing
Relativity of "importance" depends on the person. Someone may be alot more likely to be killed by lack of healthcare or racist violence long before climate change comes to become a direct threat to their life
That doesnt mean climate change isnt important either.
Thread had good intentions but wrong framing
Wealth gap and the environment.
The GOP are a party of religious fanatics that seek the apocalypse if not profit and will do anything to get it. Part of what you guys need to do is removing these monsters from each and every last seat that they hold down to the states, and have another party that can compete with the Democratic Party but on a rational basis that acknowledges that wealth inequality and climate change need to be addressed.
The GOP are a party of religious fanatics that seek the apocalypse if not profit and will do anything to get it. Part of what you guys need to do is removing these monsters from each and every last seat that they hold down to the states, and have another party that can compete with the Democratic Party but on a rational basis that acknowledges that wealth inequality and climate change need to be addressed.