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Increase income and capital gains taxes on the wealthy to raise revenue for social security benefits

Legalization of the commercial sales of marijuana and a reduction in government spending on prisons

Elimination of the estate tax promotion of government- funded prekindergarten education

Expansion of the welfare state and a reduction in spending on national defense

Lowering taxes on the wealthy to increase business investment

Doing nothing and letting the recession work itself out

Increasing federal spending on infrastructure programs

Increasing interest rates and reducing the money supply

Legal equality

Political equality

Economic equality

Freedom of religion

Freedom of speech

More likely to believe that their actions can influence government policy

more trusting of nongovernmental institutions and leaders

less trusting of governmental institutions and leaders

less supportive of school integration

less likely to think of themselves as ideologically moderate

Conservatives

Libertarians

Independents

Libeerals

Moderates

Public policies that create jobs but increase the deficit, such as tax cuts or infrastructure spending will likely be prioritized over paying down the national debt

Bills in Congress that create an economic stimulus through public works projects will pass with bipartisan support

A program to extend unemployment benefits to more people will likely pass in 2018

Public policies that pay down the deficit but are harmful to economic growth will likely pass during the next Congress

The budget deficit is going to be a bigger issue in the 2018 midterm elections than it was in the 2010 midterm elections

Members of Congress that are running for reelection are likely to emphasize their record on the budget deficit rather than jobs

Democrats are more likely than Republicans to vote in the 2018 midterm elections

Economic issues are less likely to be discussed in the 2018 midterm elections than in the 2012 presidential elections

Between 2012 and 2018, the economy did not grow enough to make economic issues a top priority

Voters care more about jobs than the budget deficit because there has been an increase in unemployment between 2010 and 2018

The economy is likely the most important issue because it is a broader category that is more open to individual interpretation than both jobs and the budget deficit

Complex issues such as the budget deficit receive little attention in the media even though citizens care deeply about them

an exit poll

a benchmark poll

an opinion poll

a tracking poll

a reduction of federal income taxes so that state and local governments can use those resources

less federal regulation and more authority for local school boards to create curricula and standards

an increase in federal spending on public education and more programs aimed at helping lower income communities

encouraging state and local governments to offer vouchers so that students can attend private or charter schools