Source: Health Care Reform and the 1992 Presidential Election: November 1991
Which two issues mattered the most in deciding how you would vote for (Pennsylvania) Senator (1991)?
Note: Total exceeds 100% because of multiple responses
All PA voters
Wofford voters
Thornburgh voters
National health insurance
50%
64%
39%
Taxes
29
29
27
Recession/job loss
21
27
15
Candidate’s record/reputation
14
7
24
Survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health. Fieldwork was conducted by telephone from November 5-6, 1991 by KRC Communications Research among a random sample of 1,000 Pennsylvanians ages 18 and older who said they voted in the 1991 special Senate election.