Source: Health Care as a Voting Issue by Political Party – 2000: December 2000 General
Now I’m going to read you a list of issues that were discussed in this year’s presidential campaigns. After I read them all, tell me which one or two were the MOST important in deciding your vote for president. (RECORD UP TO TWO RESPONSES)
Based on those who said they voted for president in 2000; N=1,052
Note: Total exceeds 100% due to multiple responses.
Total voters
Republicans
Democrats
Independents
Education
33%
30%
36%
29%
Social Security
28
22
34
25
Moral values
26
45
11
24
Taxes
21
33
12
20
The economy
19
10
26
22
Health care other than Medicare
16
10
23
15
Medicare
12
8
18
9
Crime
6
4
5
9
Other (VOL)
3
4
2
3
None of these (VOL)
2
1
1
4
Don’t know/Refused
1
1
1
1
Survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health. Fieldwork was conducted by telephone by Princeton Survey Research Associates between November 13 and December 13, 2000 among a randomly selected nationally representative sample of 1,415 adults 18 years or older including 1,052 adults who said they voted in the November election.