Pew Research's As Economic Concerns Recede, Environmental Protection Rises on the Public’s Policy Agenda covers a recent survey asking Americans about their policy priorities.
As their chart below (click to enlarge) shows, there is a wide partisan divide on the issues people think are most important.
The top 3 policy priorities for Democrats are the environment, healthcare costs, and education.
The top 3 for Republicans are terrorism, immigration, and the economy.
The biggest policy priority differences are around the environment and climate change. Key quote from Pew on climate change:
Dealing with global climate change ranks at the bottom of the list of 18 policy priorities for Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (just 21% call it a top priority). By contrast, climate change is near the top of the list of issues among Democrats and Democratic leaners (78% call it a top priority).
One of the topics that interesting is global trade. Neither Republicans nor Democrats rate it as very important.
Because of this, it came in last out of 18 policy options with just 42% of the respondents rating it a priority.
The growing political polarization of America is a powerful social trend. It's a major reason behind the growing urban/rural divide.
It's also a key reason our politics are so heated and our federal government is grid-locked. If you can't even agree on what's important, there's little chance you will agree on legislation.
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