Source: Health Care as a Voting Issue by Age – 2002: October 2002 General

Looking ahead to the November election for US Congress from your district, what issue will be most important to you in deciding who to vote for? (PROBE: Is there another issue that will be almost as important to you?)

Total

Ages 18-64

Ages 65+

Economy/jobs

17

16

20

Education

14

15

9

Taxes

8

9

5

Terrorism/War with Iraq

7

6

9

Health care/ Medicare

7

6

15

No issue

13

13

11

Don’t know

23

22

24

Survey by National Public Radio, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by ICR–International Communications Research, October 23-October 27, 2002 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,007.