Important Issues

In a poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire, researchers discovered that the most important issues to New Hampshire voters included education, Social Security, and health care.  It is these issues, the poll states, that New Hampshire voters want candidates to address.  Those polled also stated that the candidates stance on health care and campaign finance reform are the issues most likely to affect how they vote.

This poll was conducted in 1999 and while still relevant recognizes a few changes.  In a more recent poll researching voters issues for the 2008 election, researchers discovered that the most important issue for New Hampshire Republicans is the war in Iraq, followed by illegal immigration, the economy, health care, homeland security, and foreign policy.

For Democratic voters polled the most important issue is healthcare, followed closely by the economy, social security, and gas prices, with the war in Iraq bringing up a close fifth in the rankings.