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.